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See Also:

• a variation of crummie.

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.

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noun

crummies plural

1. Railroads Slang. a caboose.

crummy ² American  

[kruhm-ee, kroom-ee] / ˈkrʌm i, ˈkrʊm i /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

crummies plural

1. crummie.

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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

Derived Forms

• crummily
  adverb
• crumminess
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• crummies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of crummy

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

Example Sentences

A crummy winter brought plenty of potholes and repairs.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

McGann suggests these findings can help campus tour guides still “give a really A-plus visitor experience” when the weather is crummy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Burnett, she claimed, “missed the point of Martha Stewart. A live audience, crummy music, that was more like prison than being at Alderson.”

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

“When your daddy was a little boy, and he and I would go different places, people were usually nice to me but crummy to him,” she says.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Related Words

• miserable
• rotten
• second-rate
• shabby