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
Adjective
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However, her tragic demise spooks and haunts Jen, since her death is incredibly horrible and sad, rocking the whole Capesode community.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Jurors viewed for a fifth time in two days the video footage of the horrible beating that followed.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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One night the fish was very overcooked and covered with a terrible sauce.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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Djokovic knew he’d be seeded to play one of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev or Taylor Fritz in the quarters, and in the end landed Zverev, which isn’t a terrible outcome, but would leave him with a possible Sinner-Alcaraz double bill in the semifinals and final to lift the trophy.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The downsides are that DEET smells awful, is oily, and can damage anything with plastic in it, like synthetic clothing and camping gear.—
Kristin Canning,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston.—
Brian Mahoney,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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This results in a very poor Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 232.7% (against 21.5% for the S&P 500).—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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