na-adjective, noun
Describes something of low quality, poor taste, or an unfavorable situation. The word is rare and somewhat literary; in modern Japanese, まずい or 質が悪い are more common.
この料理は拙悪で、とても食べられたものではない。
This dish is of such poor quality that it is hardly edible.
彼の置かれた状況は拙悪としか言いようがない。
His situation can only be described as dire.