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まずい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
まずい
BOOST
1. unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation)  (often written with kana only)
2. unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy  (see also: 拙い)
3. ugly; homely; plain; unattractive
4. awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise  (see also: 気不味い)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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まずい is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,700,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N5
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 269 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2122
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
くるま
なに
もんだい
問題
ないただ
きみ
うんてん
運転
まずいだけ
Nothing is the matter with the car. It's just that you are a bad driver.
れいぶん
例文
せんてい
選定
まずかったです
The choice of example sentence wasn't wise.
かれ
りょうり
料理
まずい
もんく
文句
った

He complained of the dish tasting bad.
不味い
BOOST
Reading : まずい   
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 77,000 (about 3,740,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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マズイ
BOOST
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 63,000 (about 5,770,000 results)
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マズい
BOOST
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 104,000 (about 1,680,000 results)
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フ   ブ    not   
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ミ    not yet   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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