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crappy

[krap-ee] / ˈkræp i /


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Sometimes I go up there after having a crappy day, thinking that I’m gonna screw it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

“With this economy, and how crappy things are, you got two people trying to give 100%,” said Gilliam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

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

And he knew it was crappy, but he was kind of grateful that people like that girl existed.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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

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

“Well, it’s my favorite book. And there were three copies. I thought nobody would miss the crappiest one.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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