Crappy

/ˈkɹæpi/ · adjective

Meaning

(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
2. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.
3. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).

Example Sentences

That is such a crappy car.

The referee just made a really crappy call.

The food there used to be good but now it's crappy.

Think of the content mill as a modern-day literary sweatshop—writers hunkering down at hot keyboards, plowing away at 3,000 word articles for, literally, pennies. Content mills were born because someone figured out that by targeting popular search result terms, they could commission an army of crappy posts catering to these terms and dominate Google's results.

She took a leap in 2019 and bought an investment property, a duplex in Missoula, Mont., intending to live in one unit and rent the other. “It was the crappiest house on the block,” she said.

“Many scientists and historians think we’re entering into a new epoch — one where things are simply … well, crappier,” declares the opening voice-over in a thick northern English accent (regularly used in Britain to indicate no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek pragmatism).

I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.

Put the crappy diapers in the brown pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

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Word Forms

• crappier
• crappiest
• crap

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