駄だ作さく

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Meanings

Used for artistic or creative works (novels, films, paintings, etc.) that are of low quality. Often self-deprecating or critical.

〈物もの〉が駄だ作さくに終おわるfor a work to end up being a flop
期き待たいしていた映えい画がだったが、結けっ局きょく駄だ作さくに終おわった。
It was a movie I had high hopes for, but it ended up being a total flop.
〈物もの〉を駄だ作さくと評ひょうするto criticize a work as trash
批ひ評ひょう家かたちはその小しょう説せつを駄だ作さくと評ひょうした。
Critics dismissed the novel as trash.
駄だ作さくを作つくるto produce a lousy work
あの監かん督とくでもたまには駄だ作さくを作つくることがある。
Even that director occasionally puts out a bad movie.
〈物もの〉が駄だ作さく扱あつかいされるfor a work to be dismissed as trash
当とう時じは駄だ作さく扱あつかいされたが、今いまでは評ひょう価かが高たかい。
It was dismissed as junk at the time, but it's highly regarded now.

凡ぼん作さく
凡作 describes a mediocre, unremarkable work, while 駄作 is a harsher term implying the work is outright bad or worthless.
失しっ敗ぱい作さく
失敗作 emphasizes that a work failed to achieve its creative goal, whereas 駄作 simply labels the result as low-quality trash.

傑けっ作さくN2
傑作 means a masterpiece, the polar opposite of 駄作 which means a poor, low-quality work.
名めい曲きょくN2
駄作 means a poor, forgettable work, the opposite of the artistic excellence implied by 名曲.
佳か作さく
駄作 is a poor, worthless piece of work, the opposite of 佳作's sense of a fine or commendable piece.

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ヒット作さくN3
駄作 is a poorly made, unsuccessful work, the opposite of a commercially successful ヒット作.
珠しゅ玉ぎょく
駄作 means a poor or worthless work, the opposite of 珠玉 used to praise a masterpiece.
秀しゅう作さく
駄作 is a poor or worthless work, the direct opposite of the high quality implied by 秀作.
名めい作さくN3
名作 is a praised masterpiece, while 駄作 is a poorly made, worthless work.
労ろう作さく
駄作 is a poorly made, low-effort work, the opposite of 労作 in its sense of a piece created through great effort and care.

大たい作さく
大作 (a large-scale, ambitious work) is easily confused with 駄作 (a poor, worthless work) because of the similar 作 ending, but the meanings are unrelated.

Compound of 駄 (da, 'poor, worthless') and 作 (saku, 'work, production').