crappy
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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
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
While she has often chosen not to address “outrageous lies, crappy stories and unflattering characterizations,” Hannah wrote her “silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
A lot of factory jobs were frankly crappy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
I just knew he’d been fat his whole life, probably crazy too, and that he’d be stuck in some tight, crappy little space for whatever was left of it.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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
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
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
“It was the crappiest piece of junk—and someone took it, too!”
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
