hatchet job
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.08 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.
noun
An action or a program which imposes deep reductions in expenditure.
Example Sentences
- "That article about the mayor is nothing more than a hatchet job."
- "In smooth RP tones that belie his German parentage, he explains that none of his hachet jobs were written out of personal animosity."
- "Even the tabloid Bild, hardly known as a haven of art-house snobbery, published a hatchet job. “There are good literary adaptations and there are bad ones, and then there is All Quiet on the Western Front by director Edward Berger,” Bild’s critic wrote."
- "This so-called reform of our wage agreement was really just one big hatchet job!"