variants
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
Meanwhile, people relying on paychecks feel like the economy is considerably crummy.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
There are also the unhelpful phone calls from her husband, telling her to enjoy the spoils of the crummy motel she’s forced to reside in due to said hole.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
Gear malfunctions, crummy weather, and bloodied limbs don’t stop us from heading into the unknown.
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Outside Online,
1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crummy
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
There are also the unhelpful phone calls from her husband, telling her to enjoy the spoils of the crummy motel she’s forced to reside in due to said hole.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
Gear malfunctions, crummy weather, and bloodied limbs don’t stop us from heading into the unknown.
—
Outside Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crummy
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Rebecca Lowe joins Dan Patrick to discuss some of the top storylines around the World Cup, including Cristiano Ronaldo's poor play to start, the United States' potential and more.
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Will the gap between rural and urban America – and the gap between rich and poor America – decline or grow?
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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Yes, Stokes’ late night out, in the context of what went on before, was unacceptable.
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On paper, some of the six, all of whom are far-right conservatives, have enviable educational backgrounds, but the record has proven that each one is openly political and willing to rubber-stamp nearly all of DeSantis’ lame and unconstitutional policies.
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In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.
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Something told me that there was something wrong.
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The interest rate hypothesis points the wrong direction — the most rate-sensitive occupations, like construction, have the lowest AI exposure.
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In two randomized trials conducted by Stanford economist Nick Bloom, for example, workers reported improved mental health, not worse.
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Heavy rain was bad enough, but lightning in the area is, obviously, nothing to be trifled with.
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The Red Sox offense has been horrible this season, but Contreras has been everything the club could have hoped for.
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crummy. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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