crummy
1adjective, crum·mi·er, crum·mi·est.
- dirty and run-down; shabby; seedy: a crummy fleabag of a hotel.
- of little or no value; cheap; worthless: crummy furniture that falls apart after a month of use.
- wretchedly inadequate; miserable; lousy: They pay crummy salaries.
noun, plural crum·mies.
Origin of crummy
1crummy
2noun, plural crum·mies. Chiefly Scot.
crummie
or crum·my
noun Chiefly Scot.
Origin of crummie
Related Words for crummy
second-rate, miserable, rotten, shabby, cheap, contemptible, crappy, inferior, pathetic, poor, useless, worthless, grotty, third-rateExamples from the Web for crummy
Contemporary Examples of crummy
And Steubenville was a prime example of our crummy attitude when it comes to bringing attackers to account.
CAP gets its impressive number with a crummy trick: omitting the increased costs of legalization.
This process is exhausting for the poor phones, and more so for those phones with crummy transistors.
The translation might as well be: he was a crummy governor; why would he be a different president?
The neighborhood gains a new and improved store in place of Mr. Gonzalez's crummy bodega.
Historical Examples of crummy
"I get it, all right, you crummy little chiseler," growled Astro.
Sabotage in SpaceCarey Rockwell
Gimme another glass of milk and another of these crummy sandwiches.
Sabotage in SpaceCarey Rockwell
And Crummy—thats my outside man—kin handle the front and make the spiel, and take in what money comes in.
Local ColorIrvin S. Cobb
You know you could do all right acting, but you don't dare giving up this crummy job.
The Old Die RichHorace Leonard Gold
You mean sitting in the sun on a crummy lakeside, watching the birds and bees?
On the Trail of the Space PiratesCarey Rockwell