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Recent Examples of sucky These last couple of years have been especially sucky, though. Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 True to form, when my sons were in first grade, the advanced readers basked in the blue group, middle readers were relegated to the yellow group, the sucky readers sentenced to red. Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025 Where’s the comprehensive strategy on how to deal with climate change and the impact of climate change like the very sucky one of more ticks? Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 And concluding a sucky year for Chicago sports fans, the Blackhawks had a sad showing at Tuesday’s Winter Classic, suffering a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the rival St. Louis Blues. Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025 Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions. Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024 Were there some sucky times? USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023 Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 And that's the sucky part. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucky
Adjective
  • Inherently, a writer doing historical research is always victim to this horrible irony.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are some horrible things said on stage by the mystery writer that Tony Carlin plays.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.
    The Know, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Sunday will also be Gabriel’s first NFL start in terrible weather.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The tragedy in question is no secret — Chris and Jenny are killed together in a horrific car accident, which inspires all sorts of awful questions — and the fallout is mostly predictable.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But talk about some awful timing, my word.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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

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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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