Meaning of ださく in Japanese

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Definition of ださく

ださく(dasaku) 【駄作】

(n) poor work; rubbish
どうせ駄作だろうと思っていたのだけど、どっこいなかなかいい本だった。
I was expecting it to be a bad book, but damn me if it wasn't quite good after all.