as in terrible
of low quality
a crappy radio that immediately broke
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Recent Examples of crappy
Curiosity might draw him, but a whole run of crappy calling won’t.
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Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Helped unlock the next stage of their career, because work is crappy.
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Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
The agents appeared to know young Markell was losing weight, forced to eat crappy food, whipped with a belt and slapped around.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
The outbreak follows something of a banner year for crappy cruises.
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Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crappy
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Helped unlock the next stage of their career, because work is crappy.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
The agents appeared to know young Markell was losing weight, forced to eat crappy food, whipped with a belt and slapped around.
—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
The outbreak follows something of a banner year for crappy cruises.
—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crappy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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Because of that, these hands suffer from high production costs, poor durability against impacts, short operational lifespans, and there are no existing solutions that engineers can readily draw upon, Wang added.
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The extreme heat can also affect people who are physically ill, especially those with heart disease or high blood pressure, or who take certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia, or poor circulation.
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The revolution won’t come cheap.
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Across six online experiments, the researchers showed participants a cheaper lower-quality item such as a sweater alongside a pricier higher-quality version.
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In two randomized trials conducted by Stanford economist Nick Bloom, for example, workers reported improved mental health, not worse.
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Heavy rain was bad enough, but lightning in the area is, obviously, nothing to be trifled with.
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Against Australia in the last 16, Argentina were again labouring when faced with an inferior opponent, digging in and determined to spoil their World Cup dreams.
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Uruguay tied again, this time a 2-2 stalemate against another adversary that less than two weeks ago, pretty much every soccer pundit would have deemed inferior.
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To be fair, the DCEU, the preceding web of films, had nearly half of its movies land rotten scores.
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Big Red might be a braggart, a bully and rotten to the core, but Lasdun invokes Thomas De Quincey’s neat point about how a man’s capacity to rob says nothing about his propensity to murder.
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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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