shitty
Americanadjective
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inferior or contemptible.
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inept or insignificant.
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unfortunate or unpleasant.
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wretchedly bad; miserable.
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I’m an only child too, and it’s shitty to deal with this alone.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023
“The key ingredient is adding people you’re happy to look shitty in front of.”
From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2022
It’s pretty hard to delete someone’s desire, and it’s borderline shitty to try to do that to desire you helped cultivate.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019
In “Hereditary,” it’s a literal perpetuation of patriarchy; in “Midsommar,” it’s the fecklessness of a shitty boyfriend.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019
I took hot baths twice a day, lay in my bunk a lot, and watched shitty seventies TV.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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