cruddy

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruddy
Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
Adjective
  • The room was filthy, prescription bottles around the room, one bed with no sheets.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 June 2025
  • Photograph: Chris Null As anyone who’s ever stuck a cotton swab in there knows, your ear canal is a filthy, disgusting place.
    Christopher Null, Wired News, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • These Golden Hour Savings deals bring these loafers’ price tag down to as low as $52, which is much cheaper than most leather (or vegan leather) loafers.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 June 2025
  • However, thimerosal is more common elsewhere in the world for various multi-dose vaccine vials, which are cheaper than the single-dose vials more commonly used in the US.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • This record is a gentle correction for listeners who think of blues as either dusty or loud.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • Workers in overalls walk down dusty streets that turn into dusty tracks before petering out to nowhere.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • For example, the 1890s saw the Royal Observatory hire women for the first time, who worked for a pitiful wage as 'computers' to examine and refine observational data.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 June 2025
  • There is nothing deficient, unnatural or pitiful about being single, as we’re often led to believe.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The wider sweeps are stressing the capacity of the detention system, where detainees have reported moldy food, dirty towels and no changes of clothes for more than a week at a time.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • To properly load a dishwasher for maximum cleaning power, place dishes in the dishwasher with the dirty side facing the jets, with taller items around the outside.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Furthermore, stormy weather in Stockholm meant the muddy pitch would favour the hosts’ more pragmatic style.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • Earlier pressings of this record sounded muddy and boxed in, but here, the piano sparkles and the guitar cuts.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • That was a fine symbolic soundtrack for the numbing atmosphere after a game that epitomized a wretched stretch for the Royals — one that is threatening to define and derail a seemingly promising season.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
  • That bubble prevents clouds from forming, meaning no rain, intense sunshine and wretched humidity.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
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“Cruddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruddy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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