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also crumby
as in poor
falling short of a standard
the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit
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Recent Examples of crummy
After his jaded ex (Donzelli) moves to Canada with their two near-adult children in tow, Paul is forced to give up the comfortable family apartment for a crummy studio loaned by a family friend.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
As with more recent subprime mortgages, brokers sold, bundled, and resold crummy contracts so many times that the people left holding the bag had no clue what was in it.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Tarasenko, 34, is a wild card, a former star center looking for a fresh start after a down year with a crummy Red Wings team.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Lucas Johansen Johansen, a defenseman who was the No. 28 pick in 2016, had some crummy injury luck in his seven seasons with the organization, but nine overall NHL games is tough.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
As with more recent subprime mortgages, brokers sold, bundled, and resold crummy contracts so many times that the people left holding the bag had no clue what was in it.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Tarasenko, 34, is a wild card, a former star center looking for a fresh start after a down year with a crummy Red Wings team.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 July 2025
Lucas Johansen Johansen, a defenseman who was the No. 28 pick in 2016, had some crummy injury luck in his seven seasons with the organization, but nine overall NHL games is tough.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crummy
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There’s another element of the current concern regarding due process that relates to the fate of poor Cinna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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McDaniel’s debut album Lost Ones delves into his own story of growing up in a poor community in Kentucky, and dealing with mental health struggles, both personally and within his family — as well as McDaniel’s story of being saved during a past suicide attempt years ago.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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FarmVille wasn’t bad, but something was missing.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The asteroid impact triggered one of the planet's worst mass-extinction events, wiping out all dinosaurs but birds.—
DINO GRANDONI THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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Inherently, a writer doing historical research is always victim to this horrible irony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are some horrible things said on stage by the mystery writer that Tony Carlin plays.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The heiress was involved in a terrible car accident in 1929, which left her with life-long medical issues.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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And keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, once Alisson’s backup with Liverpool, has improved after a terrible start.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The frustration that had been simmering throughout a dreadful collective display reached combustion levels.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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His team acquitted itself well following a dreadful start, pulling within three in the second half before losing 67-60 after trailing 17-0.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The housing is for farmworkers aged 55 and up, many of whom live in substandard or cramped conditions due to their income.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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Either way, these tech vendors had established a history of getting customers to adopt substandard technology in order to close a deal.—
Chris Degnan,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Simulations take place between October and March in brutal winter conditions, when the Gobi freezes solid.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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This early modern period would set the foundations of the rise of the transatlantic slave trade and a new form of slavery—hereditary racial slavery—that would be central to the creation of the racial-caste hierarchy and to the rise of Britain’s wealthy and brutal Caribbean slave empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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There will be some new funding that could up the lousy numbers from the study period.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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This is a great performance in a lousy movie, sometimes the truest measure of an actor’s grace and skill.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crummy. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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