lousy

Example Sentences

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It was one of those lousy late-fall New York evenings, cold and dark and sort of half raining and half sleeting.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Those issues make the sector a pretty lousy place to look for relatively safe income.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

It's not impossible that Spurs scramble a win here because Arne Slot's side were lousy in Turkey on Tuesday.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

An Indonesian volcano led to lousy weather in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

You prefer large berries, because it’s not worth your while to get sunburned and mosquito bitten for some lousy little berries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond