as in terrible
of low quality
a crappy radio that immediately broke
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Recent Examples of crappy
These two beacons of truth and connoisseurs of mess have been bonded for over a decade, sharing the traumas of a crappy Boston dorm room and a pitiful Brooklyn dating scene.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Curiosity might draw him, but a whole run of crappy calling won’t.
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Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Without outside job options, workers have a harder time quitting a crappy job and working somewhere else.
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Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
14 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
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Curiosity might draw him, but a whole run of crappy calling won’t.
—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
Without outside job options, workers have a harder time quitting a crappy job and working somewhere else.
—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
14 Apr. 2026
Helped unlock the next stage of their career, because work is crappy.
—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crappy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
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Thank you to everyone who read or contributed to this column over the years, who reached out to me with story ideas or tips, or complimented my terrible artwork.
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Visitors will see his Rough Riders uniform; the 1884 diary grieving his terrible loss; and the eyeglasses case, speech and shirt from the 1912 assassination attempt against him.
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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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Microchips are relatively cheap and are required for every pet in Los Angeles County over 4 months old.
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Prove Your Claims With Evidence In a market flooded with AI capabilities, claims are cheap, and every launch sounds the same.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.
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More broadly, the idea that White players are inherently inferior no longer matches reality.
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This is because Austria would have remained on three points but with an inferior goal difference to Iran in the third-place standings (minus one to zero).
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But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
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Unashamed about its unoriginality, the movie debuted in May last year to a 'rotten' rating by critics and audiences alike on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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