crappy
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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
She still can’t find a job, and she’s still living in that crappy little trailer.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
While these sorts of ads always attract attention, a brand can risk alienating viewers if their spot feels demonstrably crappier than the source material, or feels in any way exploitative of the original characters.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2022
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
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
It's a really interesting study of human nature and how we thrive, even in the crappiest of circumstances.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2019
“I was born in a system where there was just one party, in a country where literally nobody I knew wanted to be a politician because it was the crappiest thing ever,” he recalled.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2017
“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
