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In some senses, crummy is marked as informal, dated, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
crummy
/ˈkɹʌmi/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
far, real
VERB + CRUMMY
bother, buying, feel, sit
CRUMMY + NOUN
bruce, family, g, hometown, job, knives, problems, punctuates
Definitions
adj
1
Bad; poor.
Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Does it look like I care? No, seriously, stare real hard and long at the picture at the top of this column. That’s about as much reaction as you’re gonna get out of me as far as your crummy problems go.
2
Full of crumb or crumbs.
3
Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
noun
1
A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite.
2
A cow with a crumpled horn.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
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Does it look like I care? No, seriously, stare real hard and long at the picture at the top of this column. That’s about as much reaction as you’re gonna get out of me as far as your crummy problems g
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Whether it's a crummy hometown, a crummy job, or a crummy family, Bruce punctuates his songs with some oppressive tension. Early on in his work, oppression is nothing an open window, a fast car, a wil
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What a crummy excuse for a restaurant... only three things on the menu and all of them are swimming in grease.
Tatoeba · #962229505
"My cakes are awful! Oh, it's so crummy I could turn gay." "I think you're gay already. Try feeling your dick."
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I thought the way they did it was real crummy.
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