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crappy

[krap-ee] / ˈkræp i /


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This tournament is less about sportsmanship and athletic excellence than about pushing crappy beer and extortionate credit cards?

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

I love hearing about successful people’s crappy first jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Those avocado green appliances, Formica countertops, and linoleum floors were just as crappy as they appear in those sitcom reruns.

From Barron's Mar. 14, 2026

While she has often chosen not to address “outrageous lies, crappy stories and unflattering characterizations,” Hannah wrote her “silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

It was pretty crappy as far as logic and puzzle games were concerned, and nowhere near as good as the games on her old desktop, but it was better than not playing anything at all.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Add cooked green peppers to anything, and you have a new, crappier dish.

From Washington Post Aug. 12, 2021

“The truth is, recycling still is too expensive and gives crappier products,” says Banholzer, now at UW.

From Science Magazine Jul. 1, 2021

When I do see low POSats I think they’re meant to let me know that crappier choices still exist in the world.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2020

It’s an empirical fact: San Francisco is a crappier place to live these days.

From The Guardian Aug. 18, 2018

The loans that were being made to actual human beings only grew crappier, but, bizarrely, the price of insuring them—the price of buying credit default swaps—fell.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“Bless her soul, she read some of the crappiest things ever,” Raiff said.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2022

“There have been so many people that have supported us through the crappiest year ever,” Almirola said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 18, 2021

My love of the movies, especially old ones, came primarily from watching them in my youth on the crappiest black-and-white television Two Guys Department Store sold.

From Slate Dec. 28, 2020

It's a really interesting study of human nature and how we thrive, even in the crappiest of circumstances.

From BBC Jan. 10, 2019

Insurance on the crappiest triple-B tranche of a subprime mortgage bond now cost less than 2 percent a year.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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