as in horrible
extremely unsatisfactory
I'm tired of driving around in a sucky car that is always breaking down
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Recent Examples of sucky
And concluding a sucky year for Chicago sports fans, the Blackhawks had a sad showing at Tuesday’s Winter Classic, suffering a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the rival St. Louis Blues.
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Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
Were there some sucky times?
—USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
Were there some sucky times?
—USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucky
Adjective
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But then two horrible shifts by the Wild turned the game upside down in the blink of an eye.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Some veterans have impressed at the midpoint of coach Mike Norvell's spring-practice rebuilding as FSU aims to recover from last year's horrible campaign.—
Bob Ferrante,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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This is great news for our model but terrible for upsets.—
Jordan Brenner,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Failure to invest in protecting the vulnerable likely means the current awful trends will continue.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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There are so many connections between all these awful people.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a real debate to be had about what responsibility better-off neighborhoods like Hyde Park have to help solve humanitarian problems that often are laid at the feet of poorer areas.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Job loss also results in people experiencing higher levels of depressive symptoms, poor health, loss of social support, and disruption of social and family ties, according to Jennie E Brand, author of The Far-Reaching Impact of Job Loss and Unemployment.—
Paul Klein,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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