stickit
(of a task or product) imperfect; ruined.
(of a person) unsuccessful, especially in a chosen occupation.
Origin of stickit
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How to use stickit in a sentence
But surely he does not want to be known as "The stickit Minister."
Some of the horses that stickit were, says Barbour, rushed and reeled right rudely.
The Chautauquan, Vol. III, February 1883 | The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific CircleShe 'ill aye be the bonniest as weel as the noblest o' weemen in ma een till they be stickit in deith.
The Days of Auld Lang Syne | Ian MacLarenListen, ye stickit stibbler, to what I tell ye, or ye sail rue it while there's a limb o' ye hings to anither!
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottThen the auld ass made anither out of a broken canoe paddle, and stickit the thing up in my cook-shed!
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories | Louis Becke
Other Idioms and Phrases with stickit
Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end. [Early 1900s] Also see stick out, def. 2.
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