adjective
Etymology
Origin of rubbishy
Example Sentences
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The name’s not so bad, but everything else about Fritz Von Meyer is a mix of reprehensible and rubbishy.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2017
Before, extras playing students in rubbishy horror films have only been able to retrospectively cringe at their terrible adolescent haircuts in two dimensions.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
But, then again, what if this turns out to be one of those rubbishy circuses that are all whalesong and Jean Michel Jarre and idiots in leotards expressing their emotions through modern dance?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2012
The rubbishy News of the World called Dempster's outburst rubbish too.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Well, he didn’t need that sort of rubbishy help — not from someone who kept walking down corridors hand in hand with Cho, anyway.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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