crummy
- adjective
- /ˈkrəmi/
- Informal
- This restaurant serves crummy food that is cold and bland.
- a crummy job
- feel crummy
- crummy weather
The right to keep the kids from eating crummy foods in the back of the car.
- The right to keep the kids from eating crummy foods in the back of the car.
- And it really was a pioneer in crummy graphics in the pages of a newspaper.
- You know, you see Marty's brother, you know, has kind of a crummy job.
- But because this cake is not very crummy, it's a very solid, like fudgy, moist cake.
- And maybe once you tip me and it makes you feel swell in this crummy southern town, in this crummy old hotel.
- But that would be a good crummy weather day project to tackle.
- They're like crispy, crispy onions, tiny, tiny little crummy crispy onions.
- Fair enough, but it's just so crappy that you cannot replace this crummy like news widget.
Examples
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Come on out to our crummy little motel next to the BP off exit forty-eight.
Fiction book (1998) -
OK, well, life insurance is a crummy place to invest money.
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OK, it's a little bit crummy, but I think you got the idea.
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All feeling guilty does is make you a really crummy partner.
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You still have the same crummy old coffee.
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Do you distinguish between good games and crummy games?
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This is a crummy tip, but I'll get back to you later.
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If we're not careful, we can easily feel crummy looking at everyone else's life.
Blog text (13) -
We didn't drive all day and see boring things and stay in crummy motels.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now, he said, biting angrily into his sandwich, they were stuck in this crummy town.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
Not made well and breaks or wears out quickly
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
Only average in quality and not very good
Of very poor quality and likely to break
So bad or weak that people feel angry and look down on it
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
Looks low quality and cheaply made, like a plastic toy
Very bad or of poor quality
Very bad or disappointing to experience
Being very bad and of low quality
In very bad condition and of very poor quality
Dirty and not good quality
Very bad and unpleasant, of poor quality
Very bad in quality or condition
Poorly made and cheap so it breaks or wears quickly
Looks dirty and unpleasant, often like a shabby room or shop
Being dirty and unpleasant and of low quality
Poor in quality and not good enough
Cheap and poorly made, likely to fall apart quickly
A thing that is thin, weak, and breaks easily
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Poor quality and disappointing
An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality
Containing a lot of useless or low-value material
Of very poor quality and not good
Not very good in quality or condition
Cheap and poorly made
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
An area with poor, dirty housing that people do not take care of
Old and in bad condition, it often stops working
Very poor quality and not reliable
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the word crummy is to think of crumb, a small bit of bread, because something 'crummy' feels cheap, messy, or full of crumbs. So, crummy means 'very poor' or 'unpleasant'.