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TOPIK 6adjective

조악하다

joakada [조아카다]

조악해요 · 조악했어요 · 조악한 (+noun)

crude, shoddy, poor-quality

Example

값이 싼 만큼 제품이 조악했어요.

The product was as shoddy as it was cheap.

Word parts

조 coarse악 bad

Literally 'coarse and bad'.