The phrase "a miserable one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is very unhappy, unfortunate, or unpleasant, often referring to a situation or experience.
Example: "After the long and exhausting journey, the vacation turned out to be a miserable one."
Alternatives: "a wretched experience" or "an unfortunate situation".
If Britain were to leave the EU, the country would come to seem less useful.Britain has really only two options: a miserable one and a calamitous one.
Leil Lowndes wrote in her 2009 book How to Instantly Connect with Anyone that if someone says "have a nice day", the recipient should refrain from sarcastically responding "Thanks, but I have other plans" or "Gee, I was planning on having a miserable one, but now that you mention it, I think I'll have a nice one".
The rigors of coaching transformed Ross from a pleasant man into a miserable one.
As if the long road trip wasn't bad enough, it's been a miserable one, too.
Print publishers are madly cutting, in part because the fourth quarter, postfinancial crisis, is going to be a miserable one.
A life devoid of the compassion, love and awe that I feel for nature must be a miserable one.
Its wine production is a miserable one-tenth of one percent of the American market.
I was forced to step in and in four days write a miserable one-act satire on the absurdity of leftwing self-regard in screwed-up rightwing Britain.
Indeed it is likely to take priority over the need to try to end a miserable one-day series on a high by playing the strongest side available here and in the seventh and final match of the series at Indore on Saturday.
Nationals 8, Mets 4. A fielder's choice brought in the next run and shifted the focus off Lawrence, who threw three exceptional innings and a miserable one-third.
Walking in, my initial impression was that it seemed like the lovechild of a miserable one-night stand between EasyJet (everything was orange) and Poundland (everything was cheap).
