Stinker in a sentence as a noun

> So far, Java seems like a stinker to me. I've never written a Java program

All code must use callbacks for any I/O handling, and one stinker can make the whole thing fall apart.

If you deliver someone a stinker, he resents you for wasting half an hour of his time.

If there isn't a robust market for third-party apps, this thing's going to be another stinker.

Send me an email with the bet you want and we can work out the terms of the bet for the tweet you think is a stinker.

"That assumes the Hogwarts Hat of random allocation doesn't land you with a stinker from the get-go.

Fire the management who came up with that stinker, or not, either way--but what good will come in keeping the 5000 pastry chefs?

From the article: "So far, Java seems like a stinker to me. I've never written a Java program, never more than glanced over reference books about it, but I have a hunch that it won't be a very successful language.

>pg never said Java would be unpopularHe did:>So far, Java seems like a stinker to me. I've never written a Java program, never more than glanced over reference books about it, but I have a hunch that it won't be a very successful language.

In order for it to be meaningful that something is "bad", it has to have had intentions of being "good".Anyone can intentionally make a bad movie that's worse than a stinker like Battlefield Earth.

Stinker definitions

noun

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

noun

anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)

noun

an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory

See also: lemon