as in terrible
of low quality
a crappy radio that immediately broke
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Recent Examples of crappy
Her father’s affair has ripped the family to shreds, leaving her to piece their crappy lives back together.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Ed Helms recently recalled the crappy gift that Zach Galifianakis left for a helicopter pilot who worked on The Hangover Part II.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 5 July 2025
Selling his crappy perfume to further line his pockets.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
The housing market was pretty crappy 10, 20 years ago.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Ed Helms recently recalled the crappy gift that Zach Galifianakis left for a helicopter pilot who worked on The Hangover Part II.
—Daysia Tolentino, EW.com, 5 July 2025
Selling his crappy perfume to further line his pockets.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
The housing market was pretty crappy 10, 20 years ago.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
Adjective
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Overall, this wasn’t a terrible episode, but having our heroes start in the UK and then end up in Spain in the first episode felt rushed and wasteful.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Both men are good, both men are bad and both men have made terrible mistakes.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But prorating three years of player profits down to 12 months, as UEFA’s rule does, reduces the immediate efficacy of successful trading in the market, the very strategy that poorer clubs increasingly rely on to climb the ladder.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But that cheaper investment has largely been eviscerated, according to a cadre of sports bankers CNBC interviewed.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Travelers can snag cheap flights to explore New York in September and October.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Numerous technologies that people initially considered inferior have ended up becoming revolutionary breakthroughs.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Women are greedy, untrustworthy, weak and inferior, these influencers say.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This was a classic Smith performance with tons of yardage and some risky throws with both good and bad results.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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You were called something much worse, and [it was] accepted.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Horrible Bosses When three friends — played by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis — regroup after a terrible day at their respective jobs, the fed-up employees drunkenly conspire to murder their seriously rotten employers and attempt to follow through.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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He was once asked to accept a dead whale; another time, an entire shipping container of rotten garlic.—
Kyra Morris,
The Atlantic,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This lightweight oil disappears into hair on contact, softening coarse strands, detangling knots, and taming frizz.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Previous research has shown that unlike ripples on Earth, which shift constantly under the influence of wind and water, Martian megaripples consist of fine sand beneath a layer of coarse grains.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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