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crummy

[kruhm-ee] / ˈkrʌm i /


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A crummy winter brought plenty of potholes and repairs.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

All for the joy of crummy schools, insane rent, costly utilities and a collapsing transit infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

"Nothing at all apart from my little crummy car and my dog."

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

You’re talking about the crummy movie version from 2019.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

The Esther P. Marinoff is a crummy place.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

Then I heard the anguished bellow of a Himalayan cow—one of the little black crummies no bigger than Newfoundland dogs.

From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling

“When you’re FaceTiming with her, would you rather see her deepfake digital avatar, or a crummier video call where she’s holding the phone camera up to her face at an unflattering angle?”

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2023

The crummier your credit score, the more money in interest you'll pay throughout your life.

From US News Apr. 15, 2016

This was the Ducks team I picked to win the Pac-12 North, although the defense is much crummier than I imagined it could be.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2015

Sit in the nosebleeds and you heard a crummier show.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2012

I tried to convince myself that punks don’t feel guilty about giving mean people a taste of their own medicine, but by the time we got home, I felt even crummier about my joke.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

“It’s the smallest, crummiest wormhole you can imagine making,” he said.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

To advance their businesses and promote an open market, most ad-technology providers set a low bar for joining, meaning that even the crummiest content can be a pathway to income.

From Seattle Times Dec. 13, 2016

I’m debating whether to see it at the best non-IMAX theater I can think of or the crummiest shoebox theater I can find, as I imagine both formats would be educational.

From Forbes Nov. 17, 2014

The accolade for crummiest spin-off stays firmly with Simon Cowell's Food Glorious Food, because The Great British Sewing Bee is actually very good.

From The Guardian Apr. 2, 2013

These houses ranged from palaces filled with gold and velvet to the crummiest cribs where the stench would drive a pig away.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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