lousy with
idiom
informal
: having too much or too many of (something)
Her family has a large estate. They are lousy with money.
That area is lousy with tourists.
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During the summer, the mountains in this section of the Sierra Nevada are lousy with climbing, notably the tall granite slabs seen at Donner Summit and closer to Donner Lake and Lake Tahoe.
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Graham Averill, Outside, 1 Dec. 2025
The last couple decades have been lousy with bearded musical visionaries.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
If the Academy was composed entirely of people whose love language was poison mushrooms and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Anderson’s mantle would be lousy with Oscar statues right now.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
And unfortunately for me, my neighborhood was lousy with dogs.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside, 1 Dec. 2025
The last couple decades have been lousy with bearded musical visionaries.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
If the Academy was composed entirely of people whose love language was poison mushrooms and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Anderson’s mantle would be lousy with Oscar statues right now.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
And unfortunately for me, my neighborhood was lousy with dogs.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
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“Lousy with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lousy%20with. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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