crappy
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Half a lifetime ago, I had a crappy copyediting job that meant I had to drive for 90 minutes through traffic across the sprawling concrete wasteland of Phoenix.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
I love hearing about successful people’s crappy first jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Those avocado green appliances, Formica countertops, and linoleum floors were just as crappy as they appear in those sitcom reruns.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
“The young kids go for the other stuff, the crappy sugary drinks. For us older people, we just do it out of convenience,” she said.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Maybe I did spend hours in the bathroom after Kia was born, fists clenched, shouting to the heavens that I'd been dealt a crappy hand.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Add cooked green peppers to anything, and you have a new, crappier dish.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
“The truth is, recycling still is too expensive and gives crappier products,” says Banholzer, now at UW.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 1, 2021
When I do see low POSats I think they’re meant to let me know that crappier choices still exist in the world.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
Did the worst five people in America do all five movements with perfect feeling and open a portal to an even crappier dimension than the one we’re already living in?
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2017
The loans that were being made to actual human beings only grew crappier, but, bizarrely, the price of insuring them—the price of buying credit default swaps—fell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“Bless her soul, she read some of the crappiest things ever,” Raiff said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Now, I do not know for sure if this would be the crappiest parental leave program in the entire world.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2021
“There have been so many people that have supported us through the crappiest year ever,” Almirola said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021
It's a really interesting study of human nature and how we thrive, even in the crappiest of circumstances.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2019
“Well, it’s my favorite book. And there were three copies. I thought nobody would miss the crappiest one.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
