be an apology for sth
UK informalto be an extremely bad example of something:
You're not coming out because you're tired? That's an apology for an excuse!
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Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- crappy
- downmarket
- downscale
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- of sorts idiom
- tacky
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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