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crappy

[krap-ee] / ˈkræp i /


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Half a lifetime ago, I had a crappy copyediting job that meant I had to drive for 90 minutes through traffic across the sprawling concrete wasteland of Phoenix.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

I self-consciously went because their athletics were crappy enough that I could make a team.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 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

Like, look at my crappy decorations compared to this woman who is not Martha Stewart but she could be.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

Cornwall Capital owned credit default swaps on twenty crappy CDOs, but each was crappy in its own special way, and so it was hard to get a read on exactly where they stood.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

Throughout my 20s, my father listened for hours over the phone as I whined about my crappy jobs and crappier love life.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2017

Did the worst five people in America do all five movements with perfect feeling and open a portal to an even crappier dimension than the one we’re already living in?

From Salon Jan. 7, 2017

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

Sorry, but I really cannot endorse this, the crappiest possible reboot of My Side of the Mountain.

From Slate May 26, 2021

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

From BBC Jan. 10, 2019

“It was the crappiest piece of junk—and someone took it, too!”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio




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