suckier; suckiest
slang

Examples of sucky in a Sentence

I'm tired of driving around in a sucky car that is always breaking down.
Recent Examples on the Web Were there some sucky times? USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023 And that's the sucky part. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010 What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore. Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021 There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021 But hey, at least their sucky season earned them a high draft pick, and Klay will be back! Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2021 If this holiday season feels really sucky, take comfort in the fact that the holidays won’t always be this way. Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 25 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sucky was in 1984

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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucky. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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