crappy
Americanadjective
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crappier,
comparative
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crappiest
superlative
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extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy.
crappy weather.
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nasty, humiliating, insulting, or unfair.
What a crappy thing to say about anyone!
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cheaply made or done; shoddy.
a crappy job.
Usage
What does crappy mean? Crappy means lousy, unpleasant, nasty, inferior, or poorly made. Crappy is a slang word. It is the adjective form of the noun crap. Because the literal meaning of crap is excrement (poop), it is sometimes considered vulgar. Though crappy rarely refers to excrement, it is still sometimes considered a mild form of profanity (a mild curse word). Crappy is always used negatively to describe unpleasant things (like a bad day) or things that don’t meet expectations or are considered inferior (like a poorly made product).
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Example Sentences
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This tournament is less about sportsmanship and athletic excellence than about pushing crappy beer and extortionate credit cards?
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
I self-consciously went because their athletics were crappy enough that I could make a team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“Talking transparently, I did a crappy job as a leader,” Close said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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
Maybe he knew in some small part of him that I wasn’t the crappy, horrible, mean girl he thought I was, the one who weighed him against his brother like everyone else.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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
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
But I am fairly confident it would be the crappiest in the OECD—aka the club of rich and semi-rich nations.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2021
“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 know. I mean, Tomorrowland is by far the crappiest of the Lands. Someone else said she met a guy online.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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