low score
Bottom of standings
A low score is a poor result in a game, test, or evaluation—the opposite of a high score.
In most contexts, low scores are undesirable: Her low score on the exam meant summer school.
But in golf and some other games, a low score wins: He shot a low score of 68 to take the lead.
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- failing gradeUnsatisfactory academic mark
- flunkFail a course
- poorLacking sufficient resources
- badOf inferior quality
disappointing · needs improvement · bottom · last · dead last · defeat · loss · zero · dismal · below par · weak · underperform · struggle · miss · bogey · double bogey · par · golf
- academic failurefailing grade, failed test, F grade, flunk, flunking
- negative reviewsbad review, negative feedback, complaint, thumbs down, failing grade
- Test Scorespercentile, percentile rank, stanine, decile, quartile
- scorespoints, point, total, tally, scoreboard
- outcomesoutcome, win, effect, impact, success
quality of performance
low scoreperfect score
Maximum possible result
top marks · personal best · best score · high marks · ace
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