The phrase "wretched test" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is an informal expression used to describe a test that was especially difficult or unpleasant. For example, "I just took a wretched test and I'm not sure I passed."
But prior to conceding, Tony Mowbray's team failed to regularly test a much-changed Chelsea side, in keeping with a wretched run of one win in nine league games this year.
But Sunderland's wretched run continues.
Only the euro frustrates the prime minister's sense that he is back in command of events (those wretched five tests invigilated by the brooding Mr Brown, and the little matter of having to win a referendum).
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE The Chrysler 200 convertible ($35,355 as tested) is so wretched in so many ways that my test drive was like a flashback to the '70s, minus the platform shoes.
Worst moment The arrival of the news that some wretched Russian woman had tested positive after winning the shot put at ancient Olympia.
"Give me your wealthy, I shun the immigrant poor, Your huddled politicians yearning to be free (of Spanish), The wretched refusal of your driving test score.
Blood pressure up and stable, no sign of wretched kidney stones and blood tests all good – actually excellent.
They also inflicted the worst of England's four Test defeats on this wretched tour, given the visitors had led by 116 runs with all their wickets in hand only 24 hours before.
Fifteen years in and test-based accountability has been pretty wretched at that goal.
Even for a club of City's occasionally wretched standards this was a shocking performance and another test of loyalty for their long-suffering fans.
