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lousy

[lou-zee] / ˈlaʊ zi /


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Lousy penmanship didn’t stop me from becoming someone whose profession depends on shaping letters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Lousy infrastructure, hefty taxes and tangled bureaucracy have long made shipping expensive in this continent-sized country.

From Reuters • May 30, 2018

Lousy as the public schools often are, urban parochial schools don’t always measure up, either.

From Time • Aug. 17, 2015

Lousy movie but happens more often in real life.

From Inc • Aug. 2, 2013

In fact, the state that slaves called Lousy Anna was the very worst place for an African in America; it was the Caribbean all over again—a death sentence.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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