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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Origin of shitty
Example Sentences
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I’m adding only friends who I’m happy to look shitty in front of.
From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2022
But six months in with no end in sight, I’m feeling trapped and shitty and very tired.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2020
And then if you snoop, you may see something you can’t unsee but that doesn’t technically violate the terms of the relationship—or you might just feel shitty for violating someone’s privacy in vain.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2020
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 tell him all about the diapers and the nappies and how they get shitty anyway and he laughs.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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