cruddy
Americanadjective
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covered, encrusted, or saturated with dirt, grease, or other objectionable substance; filthy.
It gets the cruddiest work clothes clean.
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worthless or useless; inferior in quality; lousy.
a cruddy, broken-down car.
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extremely disagreeable in character; nasty; contemptible; lowdown.
Keep your cruddy remarks to yourself.
adjective
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dirty or unpleasant
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of poor quality; contemptible
Etymology
Origin of cruddy
Example Sentences
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Having once dismissed the vice presidency as “a cruddy job,” Cheney, who served under Bush for two terms beginning in 2001, set out to make it count.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Can you buy your own internet modem and return the cruddy one you’re paying $10 a month for?
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023
I am a 25-year-old living with my parents working two cruddy, low-paying retail jobs.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2023
It seems another superhero is putting the big hurt on bad guys in cruddy gray old Gotham.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
His father didn’t know how cruddy the place was.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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