Thread: Это работа брак !?!

Брак is also discard/wastage .
There is a joke according to dual meaning ) Браком хорошее дело не назовут. Speaking about marriage and keeping in mind discard )

см. также "бракодел" (bungler?)

These two homonyms have different origin:

брак (marriage) is an old derivation from Russian verb "брать" (to take). Literally, "брак" = "takage" when a man "takes" his fiancee to become his wife.
брак (production defect) is a loan word from German "Brack".

The problem Bob is that you didn't provide me with any examples using brak as defect. I can use it any sentence instead of defect.

Not any defect, but defect in production.
Examples:
Это брак! - you say it when showing a watch with a broken arrow (which was sold like that).
В последнее время этот завод делает много брака.
Если вы обнаружите производственный брак, обращайтесь к нам по телефону N.
(Note that "производственный брак" is a common set expression).
The adjective is "бракованный":
бракованные часы, бракованная машина, бракованная мебель... anything which was produced with defects.

BTW, the original sentence does not look right. Это работа брак is badly worded. Should be: Эта работа - брак.

How is the "by the way" in Russian?