crummy

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adjective

crum·​my ˈkrə-mē 

variants or less commonly crumby

crummier also crumbier; crummiest also crumbiest

1

obsolete : crumbly

2

: very poor or inferior : lousy

crummy weather

has a crummy job

crumminess noun

crummy

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noun

crum·​my

variant spelling of crummie

chiefly Scotland

: cow

especially : one with crooked horns

Synonyms of crummy

Adjective

• poor
• unacceptable
• lame
• wrong
• bad
• horrible
• terrible
• awful
• deficient
• pathetic
• disastrous
• flawed

Examples of crummy in a Sentence

Adjective

the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

That would be quite the prize for the team after a crummy season. — Tony East, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Bar Bizarre and the next-door restaurant Ensō were tucked away in the courtyard of a crummy-looking building in a down-at-the-heels neighborhood. — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026

Would an army with excellent captains and mediocre generals be better than one with a brilliant general and crummy captains? — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2026

Vacuum Cleaners Sadly, the world is full of crummy vacuum cleaners. — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 25 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English crumme

First Known Use

Adjective

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing crummy

• feel crummy

Rhymes for crummy

• chummy
• dummy
• gummy
• mummy
• ramie
• rummy
• tummy
• yummy

Kids Definition

crummy

adjective

crum·​my ˈkrəm-ē 

crummier; crummiest

: very poor : lousy

crummy weather