crappy

adjective

ˈkra-pē How to pronounce crappy (audio)
Definition of crappynext
slang
as in terrible
of low quality a crappy radio that immediately broke

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Recent Examples of crappy In their dotage, a lot of these hacks were writing silly columns for crappy neighborhood newspapers. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2025 Another way to feel less crappy about NYE is to shift your focus away from yourself. — Julia Ries, SELF, 27 Dec. 2024 The minute our host, Joe Manganiello, tells the group what’s what, C.K. zooms over to Parvati and Phillip, urging them to split up Rock (who just, like, last week grabbed a crappy case) and Alexis, who has once again grabbed an extremely good case. — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025 Look, this case, this hush money case, was the case that everybody said was the crappy case of the four. — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crappy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crappy
  1. terrible
  2. poor
  3. cheap
  4. inferior
  5. bad
  6. rotten
  7. coarse
Adjective
  • Since then, however, Wells Fargo has pulled back roughly 18%, as of the close on Monday, which continued a terrible recent stretch for the overall market due to economic uncertainty stemming from concern about the impact of President Donald Trump ‘s tariffs.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Traditional networks grant access just because a device is on the network, which is a terrible idea.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • But there is another concerning trend and area that has to be improved — their poor record on second balls.
    — Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Flooding may also occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • Read: The cost of avoiding microplastics In the mid-1990s, China emerged as the principal destination for used cups, straws, and the like; the country’s growing manufacturing sector was eager to make use of cheap, recycled raw plastic.
    — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • My problem is, one family member opens cards that have been left there for my daughter, and puts all sorts of cheap decorations around her grave.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • So, Apple Intelligence being inferior to Google’s offering doesn’t matter to them.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Rocky, inferior to at least three of these, will be the winner, though.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of inferior
Adjective
  • Jayson Tatum kept the Celtics in the game most of the night with 33 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but Brown had one of his worst games of the year with just 10 points.
    — Jay King, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • So first, the argument for not giving President Trump and Elon Musk more power to do more bad, to move money around at will, to shut down more organizations and to give it our vote.
    — Mansee Khurana, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • The smell of rotten eggs, from when officials carted her off to quarantine without letting her refrigerate her groceries, is long gone.
    — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There weren’t just ‘rotten kids hanging out at the mall,’ as was said in those days.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of rotten
Adjective
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    — Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
    — Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of coarse

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“Crappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crappy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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