Inefficient, ill-qualified. Of literary work or composition: Showing little evidence of ability.

Not quite literary; of a lower quality or standing than that of literature. Also: of or belonging to subliterature (subliterature, n.).

Of, relating to, or characteristic of pulp literature or pulp entertainment; of poor quality; popular, sensationalist, ephemeral. See pulp, n. 4d.

Characterized by schlock; inferior, shoddy, or trashy.