No. 15,980 in Korean
부진했던
"부진했던" means "was sluggish" or "was underperforming."
In a sentence
그는 지난 시험에서 부진했던 성적을 만회하기 위해 열심히 공부했다.
He studied hard to make up for his poor grades in the previous exam.
In this sentence, '부진했던' is used to describe the grades that were poor or underperformed in a certain context (the previous exam).
우리 팀은 지난 시즌에 부진했던 경기력을 극복하여 이번 시즌에 더 좋은 결과를 얻었다.
Our team overcame the poor performance from last season and achieved better results this season.
Here, '부진했던' is referring to the performance level in games during last season that was not satisfactory.
그는 최근에 부진했던 건강 상태를 회복했다.
He recovered his recently poor health condition.
'부진했던' in this case is describing a state of health that had been lacking or not ideal in recent times.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “부진했던” in actual Korean podcasts.
Find “부진했던” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Korean podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 한국어, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Korean books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).