crappy

American  

[krap-ee] / ˈkræp i /

adjective

Slang: Sometimes Vulgar.

crappier, crappiest

1. extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy.

   crappy weather.

2. nasty, humiliating, insulting, or unfair.

   What a crappy thing to say about anyone!

3. cheaply made or done; shoddy.

   a crappy job.

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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).

Other Word Forms

• crappiness noun

Etymology

Origin of crappy

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; crap ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“That sounds pretty crappy. And we would have lost one of the great, novelistic experiential movies that we have.”

From Los Angeles Times

A lot of factory jobs were frankly crappy.

From The Wall Street Journal

If “you can get past the crappy winters here,” Bartelt said, “it’s way more affordable” than other parts of the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cornwall Capital owned credit default swaps on twenty crappy CDOs, but each was crappy in its own special way, and so it was hard to get a read on exactly where they stood.

From Literature

Like, look at my crappy decorations compared to this woman who is not Martha Stewart but she could be.

From Los Angeles Times