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.
—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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
Adjective
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In 2012, a powerful quake visited terrible damage on the city of Modena, Bottura’s home and host to his restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The letter writer’s cousin has cancer, and the chemo gives her terrible side effects.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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If poor flowering persists year after year, consider planting a different variety of tomatoes that better suits your climate.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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The only question now is how much of the public's time and money the Mayor is willing to waste to obscure the numerous poor decisions her administration and the County have made for decades.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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This momentum reflects rapid advances in both AI and hardware over the past two years, driven by better models and cheaper components.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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More people appear to be walking away from Affordable Care Act coverage or switching to cheaper plans for 2026 compared to this time last year, according to early enrollment data from several states.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The Canadian Whale Institute said Friday that efforts to find the whale have been unsuccessful and the search has been hampered by bad weather.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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This is for the fans who endured the three-worst seasons in Knicks history all inside of a five-year span.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Consumers previously wrote off Chinese goods as inferior, as Chinese manufacturers prioritized quick market entry over original designs.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Learning how to be the favorite, who plays under the pressure of expectation, instead of how to be the underdog, who plays with the freedom of the unexpected, can make plenty of players vulnerable against an inferior foe at the business end of a tournament.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The gas Citizens Energy serves customers, typically methane, is naturally odorless so the company adds mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, to serve as a sentinel in case there's a gas leak.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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Filming Will Smith's TV sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was admittedly a bit of a rotten experience for '90s fitness legend and Stop the Insanity!—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Nov. 2025
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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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