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rubbishy

American  
[ruhb-i-shee] / ˈrʌb ɪ ʃi /

adjective

  1. full of rubbish.

    a rubbishy cellar.

  2. suggestive of rubbish; trashy.

    a rubbishy book.


rubbishy British  
/ ˈrʌbɪʃɪ /

adjective

  1. worthless; of poor quality; useless

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rubbishy

First recorded in 1785–95; rubbish + -y 1


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

It's kinder to read Philippe Claudel's The Investigation speculatively, as an interesting and timely experiment, than as what it ultimately is, a banal and rubbishy novel.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2013

It IS one of those rubbishy whalesong-and-leotard circuses!

From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2012

RUBBISH! countered the rubbishy News of the World.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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