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

plural

crummies

1. Railroads Slang. a caboose.

crummy ² American  

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

noun

Chiefly Scot.

plural

crummies

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

• crummily adverb
• crumminess noun

Etymology

Origin of crummy

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

Example Sentences

In the NFL, it isn’t uncommon for the fortunes of crummy teams to turn on a dime.

From The Wall Street Journal

The investor placed a big short bet on legacy data centers in 2022, describing the old cloud data center business as “crummy,” with a “very low return on capital business, highly capital intensive.”

From MarketWatch

He happens to be the only other player with at least 20 sacks who played on a team as crummy as Garrett’s Browns.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The conditions were pretty crummy,” he said, “lots of rocks showing and the lines were long on the weekends.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

• miserable
• rotten
• second-rate
• shabby