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also crumby
as in poor
falling short of a standard
the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit
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In her crummy motel room, now lavishly decorated into a beautiful pink space scented with tonka beans, the narrator turns off all the lights and dances with Davey.
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Constance Grady, Vox, 21 June 2024
And just one final thought there: This is where China’s dealing with a relatively crummy human capital picture, looking over the next ten to fifteen years.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2021
My first indoor job was ushering for 35 cents an hour at the Cozy cinema on Tulsa’s crummy north end.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
Stewart plays Lou, who works in a crummy little gym in a crummy little town in New Mexico in 1989.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
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Constance Grady, Vox, 21 June 2024
And just one final thought there: This is where China’s dealing with a relatively crummy human capital picture, looking over the next ten to fifteen years.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2021
My first indoor job was ushering for 35 cents an hour at the Cozy cinema on Tulsa’s crummy north end.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
Stewart plays Lou, who works in a crummy little gym in a crummy little town in New Mexico in 1989.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crummy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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