絶ぜつ不ふ調ちょう

also: ぜっふちょう

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Meanings

1

noun, na-adjective

very bad condition; terrible form; serious slump

Used when someone or something is performing extremely poorly, often in sports, work, or health. The opposite is 絶好調.

See also: 絶好調

今日きょうの彼かれは絶ぜつ不ふ調ちょうで、まだ一いっ本ぽんもヒットを打うっていない。
He's in terrible form today and hasn't gotten a single hit yet.
エースが絶ぜつ不ふ調ちょうだと、チーム全ぜん体たいに影えい響きょうが出でる。
When the ace is in a serious slump, it affects the whole team.

Kanji

絶discontinue, sever, cut off
不negative, non-, bad
調tune, tone, meter

Related words

絶ぜっ好こう調ちょう
絶好調 means 'in excellent form' or 'at one's best', the direct opposite of 絶不調.
不ふ調ちょう
不調 means 'poor condition' or 'slump', but 絶不調 emphasizes an extreme degree of bad condition.

Opposites

絶ぜっ好こう調ちょう
絶不調 describes being in absolutely terrible form, the direct opposite of 絶好調's absolutely perfect form.

Built from

絶ぜつ+不ふ調ちょう

Written forms

絶不調
- ぜつふちょう
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading ぜっふちょう is a common colloquial variant.
- ぜっふちょう
  Colloquial reading variant; the kanji form is the same.
ぜっふちょう

Etymology

Compound of 絶 (ぜつ, 'extreme') + 不調 (ふちょう, 'poor condition'). The reading ぜっふちょう is a euphonic change common in colloquial speech.