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
Cruel Intentions faces the exact same problem as Gossip Girl: Rich kids haven’t gotten any less shitty since the 1990s, but they’ve gotten a little smarter about flaunting their depravity.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2021
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
The pay was shitty and the waitresses hated splitting tips, so my ten percent would equal two bucks if I was lucky.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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