crappy

adjective

crap·​py ˈkra-pē How to pronounce crappy (audio)
crappier; crappiest
informal
: markedly inferior in quality : not good or pleasant : lousy
crappy weather
drove a crappy old car
I woke up feeling crappy, so I took a sick day.
That was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

Examples of crappy in a Sentence

I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen. I felt crappy all day yesterday.
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And that comes off as, in short, pretty crappy. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025 Celebrities have gotten candid about powering through them at shows and have crappy bathroom stories of their own. Marina Watts, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025 The system that your paper had before this crappy format was easy to use, had better page readability, and could be read in record time. Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025 Unlike Scotland, which basically has cold and crappy weather year-round (and plenty of long-aged whiskies to show for it), Kentucky can have blazingly hot summers and icy winters. Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crappy

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crappy was in 1928

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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crappy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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