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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for crappy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
Adjective
  • Yes, there are so much terrible stuff online.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But that obviously terrible call compromised the integrity of that game last night, and that's something the sport should be looking to avoid.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cutting carbs entirely can raise the risk of cholesterol, kidney stones, poor bone health, gut problems, and even cancer, added Stefanki.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Before Wednesday’s game, people within the organization were optimistic about Helsley putting his tipping problem and overall poor pitching behind him, pointing to a clean inning Monday.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The efficiency and immediacy of space medicine may well influence healthcare innovation far beyond orbit, inspiring systems that are faster, cheaper, and more accessible.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But because the signals are so faint, they can be drowned out by cheap jammers or replaced by counterfeit ones.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As with many imitations, attempting to replicate something often results in an inferior copy.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But that’s actually a bad thing for a couple reasons.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But worse than the poverty was the verbal and physical abuse from his father.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is little that has gone right for Tanner Scott this week, the most miserable one in what has been a rotten year in the first season as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ $72 million closer.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Due to lawn mower paths, yard football routes my sons had run, and a few rotten tree roots, dips and low spots had developed over time in our yard.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While coarse checked plaid is often used in more rustic situations, the princess's midi-dress can only be described as elegant.
    Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Following Phillips’ scheme, Manabe broke his computerized, 3D atmosphere into a coarse grid of boxes.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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