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crummy

1 American  
[kruhm-ee] / ˈkrʌm i /

adjective

crummier, crummiest

  1. Slang. Also

    1. dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy.

      a crummy fleabag of a hotel.

    2. of little or no value; cheap; worthless.

      crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use.

    3. wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy.

      They pay crummy salaries.

noun

plural

crummies

  1. Railroads Slang. a caboose.

crummy 2 American  
[kruhm-ee, kroom-ee] / ˈkrʌm i, ˈkrʊm i /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

plural

crummies

  1. crummie.

crummy 1 British  
/ ˈkrʌmɪ /

adjective

  1. of little value; inferior; contemptible

  2. unwell or depressed

    to feel crummy
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crummy 2 British  
/ ˈkrʌmɪ /

noun

  1. a lorry that carries loggers to work from their camp

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Other Word Forms

  • crummily adverb
  • crumminess noun

Etymology

Origin of crummy

1855–60; perhaps obsolete crum crooked ( crummie ) + -y 1; sense “caboose” of unclear derivation and perhaps a distinct word

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Gifted prospects are routinely sacrificed on crummy franchises ill-prepared to develop or even protect them.

From The Wall Street Journal

It had been about 98 percent fun, gossiping about the boy with Vivian, and maybe 2 percent crummy because deep down she knew she was being mean.

From Literature

In the NFL, it isn’t uncommon for the fortunes of crummy teams to turn on a dime.

From The Wall Street Journal

The investor placed a big short bet on legacy data centers in 2022, describing the old cloud data center business as “crummy,” with a “very low return on capital business, highly capital intensive.”

From MarketWatch

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