scag of a computer
- noun
- Slang
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- Her old laptop was such a scag of a computer that it crashed daily.
Examples
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No one wanted to use the office scag of a computer during the meeting.
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His last desktop was a complete scag of a computer; it barely worked after a couple of years.
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He traded in that scag of a computer for a newer model.
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This old laptop is a real scag of a computer.
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Why did you buy such a scag of a computer?
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My friend joked that his old scag of a computer was better suited as a doorstop than for actual work.
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She described her old laptop as a scag of a computer because it couldn't run most applications.
Synonyms
36
3.2
A thing that is worth little and does not work well
34
8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
14
1.7
A thing that is useless and not worth keeping
7
9.4
Cheap things that break easily
1
9.9
A thing that is of very poor quality and not worth the money
An object like a phone or lamp that is broken and not worth keeping
Antonyms
How Good
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.8
- Slang
- Informal
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4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
scag + of + a + computer
The key lexical item 'scag' is not a recognized, transparent English word (appearing as slang or unattested here), so a B1 learner who knows only 'of', 'a' and 'computer' could not derive the meaning. The phrase does not follow a regular compositional pattern that would signal 'worthless' or 'poor quality', making the overall meaning unpredictable from its parts.
Etymology
Scag of a computer uses the slang scag to mean trash, so picture a computer that looks like a dirty pile of old parts on a scrap heap. That's why the phrase means 'worthless' or 'very poor'.