variants
also crumby
as in poor
falling short of a standard
the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit
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Recent Examples of crummy
Our home is a crummy little apartment on a slight rise; and our second-floor door puts our ears close to, and at the same elevation of, the department’s siren.
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Even Dani has a crummy night-to-day at the office, spectacularly misjudging the mark in her attempt to seduce Wallace and ultimately getting her ass kicked by Helen.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Writers didn’t want to do punch-ups on potentially crummy AI scripts or have their words (or ideas) cannibalized by large language models that didn’t pay them a dime.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Even Dani has a crummy night-to-day at the office, spectacularly misjudging the mark in her attempt to seduce Wallace and ultimately getting her ass kicked by Helen.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Writers didn’t want to do punch-ups on potentially crummy AI scripts or have their words (or ideas) cannibalized by large language models that didn’t pay them a dime.
—Marah Eakin, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crummy
Adjective
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This lack of preparation yields poor communication that worsens difficult situations and burns bridges between companies and fired employees.—
Nicole Tidei,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Massive clouds of pollutants could collide in North Carolina this week and result in poor air quality conditions for millions.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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That cartilage injury was worse than expected, and Jiménez could miss all or most of this season rehabbing.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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The Canadian fire situation Canada is having another bad wildfire season, and more than 27,000 people in three provinces have been forced to evacuate.—
Steve Karnowski,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Even with the horrible start the Red Sox still nearly came all the way back, twice drawing to within one run, but the club couldn’t get over the hump.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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We were made aware of this horrible activity by Priscilla Olivarez from ILRC, at our annual conference Convening 2025, held in San Antonio.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Kids these days have attention spans crushed under the terrible weight of TikTok and Instgram.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Heavy truck traffic has also contributed to terrible pollution in California’s Central Valley.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Instead, his ascension is directly attached to his ability to help rejuvenate a dreadful offense threatening to compromise a promising season.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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Then there’s the Ronny Simon story, in which his Miami Marlins teammates and coaches responded to his dreadful on-the-field miscues with a very public demonstration of sympathy, support and camaraderie.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The improvements of the Knicks, combined with a substandard night from the Pacers, led to a blowout.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The substandard detention conditions and complete dismantling of humanitarian release are counter to current law, inhumane, and expensive.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As the state on Thursday summed up the brutal details that made up the prosecution’s case, a relative walked out of the courtroom with a loud scream, causing Petrone to tell the jury to ignore the outburst.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Here lies the brutal dilemma of change: Leaders see systems; people feel emotions.—
Sahar Andrade,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Garages, lousy bars, the corners of parking lots where allied coworkers chain smoke—DeYoung is arguing, again and again, that these totally unremarkable scraps of communion are the antidote to the latent evil that comes with isolation.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 May 2025
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The Knicks energy seemed to be down during the final period of the game, the defense was lousy, the effort on the glass wasn’t there anymore either, and Indiana had no problem taking advantage of that.—
Mikai Bruce,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crummy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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