bummer

Example Sentences

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In those years, all the cool surf brands made cute surf clothing, but the emphasis was decidedly more on the aesthetic than the function, which was a bummer when it came to, you know, surfing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

While owners can turn off the banner ads, doing so eliminates the widget altogether, a bummer for Brian Bosworth, a media-industry engineer who liked the feature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Are we to believe that one of pop’s bright new stars was once … kind of a bummer?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Not to be a bummer, but come summer, you might just find yourself missing the snowflakes.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

"It's hard to think of them as suspects because we really like all of them. It's a bummer to think that one of them is letting Buttons out of the animal pen."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene