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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Etymology
Origin of shitty
Example Sentences
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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
Both of us are under increasing stress from work, we’re both feeling shitty about our pandemic bodies, and there have been a variety of outside stressors, so we know all of that is contributing.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2021
This contributes to a growing body of literature that seems to hint that spending a lot of time online might make us feel shitty.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2020
I remember doing a mandatory chorus performance back in third grade and coughing right in the middle of our shitty rendition of “This Little Light of Mine.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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