rubbishy
- adjective
- /ˈrʌbɪʃi/
- UK
- By God,' quod he, 'for plainly, at one word, / Thy drasty rubbishy rhyming is not worth a tord.'
Examples
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Rubbishy old things.
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To you, I may be just a rubbishy villain but I'm not stupid.
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Listen to this rubbishy quarreling!
Fiction book (1992) -
They sold another rubbishy little river.
Academic text (2008) -
Meanwhile, he would drone out the half-forgotten words of some rubbishy song, something like: "For a whole year my wife I fondled,
Fiction book (1991) -
Stupid, rubbishy tripe.
Blog text (33) -
The film received poor reviews because it was full of rubbishy dialogue and weak performances.
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I decided not to buy that furniture because it looked rubbishy and wouldn't last long.
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The restaurant was known for its rubbishy food, which disappointed many customers.
Synonyms
Not good in quality or below the usual standard
Not good enough in quality or amount
Not made well and breaks or wears out quickly
Very bad or of low quality
Poor and in bad condition with little value
Not as good in quality as something else
Low quality and unpleasant
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
Looks low quality and cheaply made, like a plastic toy
Not very good and worth less than similar things
Poor quality and likely to break quickly
Dirty and not good quality
Very bad in quality or condition
Very bad in quality but so silly it is almost funny
Not stylish and looking cheap or embarrassing
A thing that is cheap and badly made and shows little taste
Having the look or feel of cheap plastic
Poor in quality and not good enough
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Containing a lot of useless or low-value material
An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality
Not very good in quality or condition
Of very poor quality and not good
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
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Morphology
Etymology
Rubbishy comes from rubbish meaning 'trash' and the ending -y meaning 'like' or 'full of'. So if something is rubbishy it is 'like trash' — cheap, low in quality, or not worth much.