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
Watching Culhane conduct the band via crummy dance moves is a delight.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2026
The crummy season has had a dramatic impact on the collective psyche of the ski community here in Colorado.
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Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
9 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, people relying on paychecks feel like the economy is considerably crummy.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crummy
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2026
The crummy season has had a dramatic impact on the collective psyche of the ski community here in Colorado.
—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
9 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, people relying on paychecks feel like the economy is considerably crummy.
—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
As roommates and best friends scrambling to make the rent on their crummy Los Angeles apartment, Palmer and SZA make a fantastically loose and loopy team.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crummy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crummy
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Overflowing poor drainage areas in urban areas of northwest Hickory and in the Northlakes area of Caldwell County.
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There was a lot of poor decision-making with this match, on and off the pitch.
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In their grievance letter, the detainees called the markups an unacceptable business practice with no apparent limit.
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Overt racial prejudice, long considered socially unacceptable, is increasingly visible in public life, marking a shift from previously subtle forms.
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Stronger and more flavorful than in your original lame iteration?
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On paper, some of the six, all of whom are far-right conservatives, have enviable educational backgrounds, but the record has proven that each one is openly political and willing to rubber-stamp nearly all of DeSantis’ lame and unconstitutional policies.
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Critics, and even some supporters, said Soto-Martínez was making his move at the wrong time.
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That could always be wrong, of course, but at least that’s the garage talk heading into the weekend.
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That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.
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Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.
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And obviously, slavery was a terrible thing, and that was horrible.
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Horton, who married Rickman in 2012 in a private ceremony after more than 40 years together, also told the outlet that the diagnosis had been a horrible shock to them both.
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Thank you to everyone who read or contributed to this column over the years, who reached out to me with story ideas or tips, or complimented my terrible artwork.
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Visitors will see his Rough Riders uniform; the 1884 diary grieving his terrible loss; and the eyeglasses case, speech and shirt from the 1912 assassination attempt against him.
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One year Pippa Middleton faced the awful shame of having to sit in a normal seat after showing up late.
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Sugar is at the forensic lab with the corpse of a man who looks an awful lot like Ji Moon but isn’t Ji Moon (courtesy of Shea Whigham as Tom Flybjerg).
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crummy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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