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[krap-ee] / ˈkræp i /


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The seats themselves are crappy and hard; the upholstery might as well be outdoor carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

This tournament is less about sportsmanship and athletic excellence than about pushing crappy beer and extortionate credit cards?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

“Talking transparently, I did a crappy job as a leader,” Close said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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

A crappy motel next to a gas station.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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

It’s an empirical fact: San Francisco is a crappier place to live these days.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2018

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

“There have been so many people that have supported us through the crappiest year ever,” Almirola said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021

My love of the movies, especially old ones, came primarily from watching them in my youth on the crappiest black-and-white television Two Guys Department Store sold.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2020

It's a really interesting study of human nature and how we thrive, even in the crappiest of circumstances.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2019

Insurance on the crappiest triple-B tranche of a subprime mortgage bond now cost less than 2 percent a year.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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