as in terrible
extremely unsatisfactory
I'm tired of driving around in a sucky car that is always breaking down
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Recent Examples of sucky
These last couple of years have been especially sucky, though.
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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
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
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The delay seemed to Silva like one more indignity in a terrible series of events that began with her husband’s death in 2024.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The logic here is peak modern NBA, and the league wants to make being slightly below average more rewarding than being truly terrible.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
3 May 2026
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Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest Again, this is horrible scheduling on a Bank Holiday Monday afternoon, three days before Forest go to Villa for the second leg of that Europa League semi-final.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Their banter is empty because outside the season’s premiere, The Boys hasn’t actually shown us this awful America, and how everyone within it, including celebrities, are at risk.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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This state has had some awful governors, but none in modern times ever attempted anything so repugnant as exposing more children to deadly diseases, as DeSantis has.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Injuries to key players on the Amazin’s contributed to some poor numbers as well.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Although poor students are disproportionately likely to receive special education in New York City, well-off disabled kids are the ones most acutely driving up the budget.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Or worse, to turn it into a sort of prison sentence.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Still, from his horns and tattoos to the double-bladed lightsaber, Maul's bad-guy chic was hard to beat.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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