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cruddy

[kruhd-ee] / ˈkrʌd i /












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Having once dismissed the vice presidency as “a cruddy job,” Cheney, who served under Bush for two terms beginning in 2001, set out to make it count.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Appreciate the intentionally cruddy camerawork by Maceo Bishop that duplicates Hyams’ low-budget limitations.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

If you’re feeling really cruddy right now, join the crowd.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

If you’re concerned about NFTs’ side effects—a potentially speculation-driven bubble, value instability, the possibility of money laundering, encouraging cruddy art, profiting off another person’s likeness—this development bodes poorly.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2021

“I don’t know what the cruddy crud it is.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech