Meaning of bad joke | Babel Free

Definitions

A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.

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Examples

“Mayor Smith's new traffic rules were a bad joke.”

“Disarmament must be total, or it was merely "a bad joke".”

“But it is amusing to note that whenever the tables were turned on him he would mutter "Bad joke. Very bad joke".”

“"Maybe it was just a bad joke. " "A bad joke!" shrieked David, and in that cry I could detect all the ancient terrors of Israel.”

“It is this bad joke which, almost one century later, was still to be found in the government's campaign of 'We are Europe' from 1994.”

“This might be a bad joke for you and to the people able to fly back to Miami but this is not a joke at all to me.”

“Upon seeing Keyes' face, 15 MSNBC executives promptly resigned. Alan Keyes? Alan Keyes Is Making Sense Alan Keyes? You've gotta be kidding me. Incidentally, the name of that show always seemed like a bad joke to me.”

“Perhaps if he spent less time putting really bad jokes on Twitter (How should you drain pasta at Christmas? Use an Advent Colander - yes really!), the minister might know what is happening in his Department.”

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