Meaning & use
Crummy
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Of poor quality; shabby, cheap, or disappointing.
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The hotel room was small and crummy, with a broken television and stained carpet.
I've had a crummy week — nothing seems to be going right.
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Crummy is an informal word most at home in casual speech; it likely derives from 'crumb,' evoking something reduced to worthless bits.
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