lousy
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Platner, in damage-control mode, acknowledged that he was occasionally a lousy boyfriend but denied any sort of physical abuse, swore that he has cleaned up his act, and pledged that no more skeletons will emerge.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2026
One reason the stock market has performed so much better in recent years is that investors weren’t being temped by yields in the bond market, which have been lousy.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
That, along with low pay, lousy conditions and brutal management techniques, limited its appeal.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Their passionate fans, who have loyally kept showing up for the last five years to watch the lousy basketball those decisions have wrought, will be wanting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Heard you’re having a lousy day. You all right?”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
A team with a lousy recent record - six defeats in seven - and an even lousier head-to-head with their hosts went after the game with a vengeance.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
“What if she’d been a more single-minded journalist and a lousier friend?” he asked.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Some combination of the following: slower processors, less storage, and lousier cameras than flagship phones, almost across the board.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
Few workers in America have a lousier reputation just now than truckers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
But at 7 am on Monday morning, Kos Kaffe in Park Slope was even lousier than usual.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2012
But let’s give them praise because they have had the lousiest of weeks and they came out fighting.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
Like even the lousiest Regency-era frippery, it has its intermittent pleasures, most of them visual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Armstrong has finessed this trick throughout his writing and producing career, exploring how even at their lousiest, human beings are more relatable than many may want to believe.
From The Verge ● Oct. 11, 2019
Here was Strasburg’s grimace, the pummeling of his own glove, and the shake-out of his arm that, to baseball players, almost always means the lousiest of things.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2016
Lena only went because she’s a cheerleader, and she said it was the lousiest turnout she’d ever seen for a Condors-Raiders matchup.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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