shittier; shittiest
1
vulgar
: covered in or filled with feces
2
vulgar
: extremely bad: such as
a
: of very poor quality
a shitty apartment
They did a shitty job.
We thought, Here comes another shitty group with an even shittier name.—
Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
b
: extremely unpleasant
had a shitty day
working a shitty job
c
: suffering illness or distress
I woke up feeling really shitty. [=ill, sick, unwell]
She felt shitty [=guilty, regretful] about the way she'd treated them.
Examples of shitty in a Sentence
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Soon, Kenna has moved into a shitty apartment complex (ironically called Paradise), found a job at a local market, and even made some friends (including young Monika Myers as both neighbor and coworker, and country music star Lainey Wilson, not playing herself in the film).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
There’s a level of helplessness that drags up, being surrounded by AI tools and AI updates and AI jobs, only to be faced with an idiot parent or friend or casual acquaintance using AI to justify their shitty actions towards you.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If there were a Mensa society for rationalizing one’s own shitty behavior, Pippa would be its president.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
When Elvis did those shitty movies, that did not help him.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Johannes acts as a stand-in for all the shitty men women in music have to deal with, the ones who condescend, belittle, mansplain, and gaslight.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 26 Jan. 2026
The Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, included a shitty introduction.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Jan. 2026
And what this array of talents had gotten them was a shitty job in a town outside Munich in the second division of a mediocre German league.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
She shouldn't be forced to have a shitty weekend to please people that purposely excluded her.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
There’s a level of helplessness that drags up, being surrounded by AI tools and AI updates and AI jobs, only to be faced with an idiot parent or friend or casual acquaintance using AI to justify their shitty actions towards you.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If there were a Mensa society for rationalizing one’s own shitty behavior, Pippa would be its president.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
When Elvis did those shitty movies, that did not help him.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Johannes acts as a stand-in for all the shitty men women in music have to deal with, the ones who condescend, belittle, mansplain, and gaslight.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 26 Jan. 2026
The Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, included a shitty introduction.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 20 Jan. 2026
And what this array of talents had gotten them was a shitty job in a town outside Munich in the second division of a mediocre German league.
—Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
She shouldn't be forced to have a shitty weekend to please people that purposely excluded her.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Shitty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shitty. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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