as in terrible
of low quality
a crappy radio that immediately broke
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Recent Examples of crappy
Chalk this up to a crappy bullpen game and forget about it.
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
The single location is presented like a claustrophobic torture chamber, but much of the movie looks and feels like any other family’s crappy afternoon.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of the research on weight is based on body mass index…which is a crappy measure of health or illness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
Director Peter Segal shared the crappy circumstances around the encounter while speaking with Entertainment Weekly in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary and its upcoming release on 4K (out March 25).
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
The single location is presented like a claustrophobic torture chamber, but much of the movie looks and feels like any other family’s crappy afternoon.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Much of the research on weight is based on body mass index…which is a crappy measure of health or illness.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
Director Peter Segal shared the crappy circumstances around the encounter while speaking with Entertainment Weekly in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary and its upcoming release on 4K (out March 25).
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
Adjective
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Rarely great, and consistently cringey in that NHL way we’re used to by now, but rarely terrible.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Gi-hun is left with a terrible choice: kill the baby and survive, or sacrifice himself so that the baby can live.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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The key drivers are BGE’s soaring spending and profits and poor management by PJM Interconnection, the private entity that operates our electric grid.—
Emily Scarr,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
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Despite having a poor 2024 season that saw the Pirates remove Bednar from the closer role, the right-hander is back to his dominant form.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Bellini noted that hacking operations are much cheaper than bullets, planes or nuclear arms -- what defense analysts call kinetic warfare.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Introductory pricing: Spectrum’s most affordable plan is much cheaper than AT&T's, at$30 a month compared to AT&T’s $55 a month for 100 and 300 Mbps download speeds,respectively.—
Kara McGinley,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Told that Indigenous people were evolutionarily inferior to white Europeans and Americans, visitors accepted the idea that colonialist progress would soon condemn these groups to extinction.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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The Pacers are just way more inferior and the Thunder got stagnant all of a sudden.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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After several months of strong economic news but incredibly weak consumer sentiment, America is starting to see those trends reverse: The vibes are on the rebound, but evidence is mounting that the economy is getting worse.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
28 June 2025
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In your garden, stink bugs can be a real bad problem...—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The smell won’t be as sweet, maybe a little rotten.—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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In two particularly egregious examples involving baby products described to CNBC, Amazon sent customers used diapers and a chiller with someone else’s rotten breastmilk inside.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Commercial or bulk matcha is often a dull yellowish or brown color, coarse in texture, and noticeably bitter.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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The best conditioners for gray hair help with this shift by targeting brassiness and yellow undertones, dullness, and dry or coarse textures.—
Jessie Quinn,
Glamour,
11 June 2025
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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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