as in horrible
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
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.
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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
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
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
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
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
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
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
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucky
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Wade has been in a horrible slump since the season started and going in to Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels is hitting .096 (5-for-52) with a homer, seven RBIs, eight walks and an on base percentage of .213.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Braves desperately need to add a shortstop and some offensive help amid their horrible start to the season.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Before the turn of the year, Manchester City were stuck in an awful rut.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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This joins a truly awful 18% audience score and an also-bad 5.7 out of 10 on IMDB, where anything under a 6 is almost never worth watching.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Consumer spending softened, increasing 1.8%, down from a 4% rise in the fourth quarter, but a decent performance in light of stock market turmoil and poor weather early in the quarter.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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These factors could contribute material risk to Nike’s earnings and put the company in a poor position to manage near-term headwinds.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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