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
In fact, it's Cirque du Soleil, the worst rubbishy whalesong-and-leotard circus in the world!
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
Which is to say he's still Ryan Reynolds, but he gets to wear a rubbishy green Spider-Man costume and the world's silliest mask.
From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2011
The play's faults�an overextended first act, an undernourished last one, some rubbishy minor characters, some razzle-dazzle farce�are pretty well buried underneath its fun.
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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