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The phrase "a dismal performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a performance that is very poor or disappointing, often in contexts such as sports, theater, or any evaluative situation.
Example: "The team delivered a dismal performance, failing to score a single point throughout the match."
Alternatives: "a poor performance" or "a subpar performance."
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No one expected such a dismal performance.
EVEN by the standards of ASEAN, it was a dismal performance.
The private sector created just 41,000 jobs in May, a dismal performance.
A dismal performance in school left the young Leigh Fermor with few job prospects.
This followed a dismal performance in Bulgaria in February that was not even up to the standards of a master.
A dismal performance last week, I'm afraid to say, with an average of forty-seven per cent.
They were coming off a dismal performance in a 4-0 loss at home to Carolina on Monday.
But a dismal performance in the national championship game, and his entanglement in a bizarre hoax involving a fake dead girlfriend, sullied his image.
But Gold had too much ground to make up after a dismal performance Thursday in the short program left her in ninth place.
That logic falters when you factor in his term as governor, a dismal performance that ended abruptly when he resigned in a prostitution scandal.
Agriculture turned in a dismal performance, recording a harvest of about 65 million metric tons of grain and necessitating imports of at least 10 million metric tons.
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