Simple Definition of crummy

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crummy

adjective

crummier; crummiest
informal
1
: not pleasant
We've had crummy [=lousy] weather all week.
2
: not of good quality
The plumbers did a crummy [=lousy] job putting in the new sink.
a crummy story
3
chiefly US : not well or happy
I felt crummy [=sick, lousy] all day yesterday.
I feel crummy [=bad, sorry] about the way I treated her.

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