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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
  • Can a horrible 17-year-old turn into a 31-year-old person with integrity and empathy?
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Can a 17-year-old horrible person turn into a 31-year-old person with integrity and empathy?
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, there are so much terrible stuff online.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But that obviously terrible call compromised the integrity of that game last night, and that's something the sport should be looking to avoid.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But one other thing Reclaim does is show just how awful the Portal system is.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • How the Dolphins grow from such an awful performance will be paramount.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Cutting carbs entirely can raise the risk of cholesterol, kidney stones, poor bone health, gut problems, and even cancer, added Stefanki.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Before Wednesday’s game, people within the organization were optimistic about Helsley putting his tipping problem and overall poor pitching behind him, pointing to a clean inning Monday.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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