lousy

Julianne Moore can do anything, even play an actor so lousy she can’t even convincingly walk across the stage of her local community theater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

They’ll still survive if the fortunes they’re spending on data centers earn lousy returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

During closing arguments, Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington recalled that the mother had made several pleas for help before the killings and received "lousy medical care" from the doctors she consulted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

The connection was frequently lousy, and every five minutes, an automated voice would interrupt to announce “This call is from a federal prison”—as though either party on the line needed reminding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

I wanted to call out, That’s a lousy lie—they’re only tadpoles.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

“What if she’d been a more single-minded journalist and a lousier friend?” he asked.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

Some combination of the following: slower processors, less storage, and lousier cameras than flagship phones, almost across the board.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022

Few workers in America have a lousier reputation just now than truckers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

In their eyes, because I was a columnist at Esquire, I must therefore be a younger, lousier version of Norman Mailer.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2016

"Other than the BBC shutting down I cannot think of lousier media news," , who had written several columns for the magazine.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2012

“I came to the richest country in the world, so why are they drinking the lousiest coffee?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

But let’s give them praise because they have had the lousiest of weeks and they came out fighting.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024

Armstrong has finessed this trick throughout his writing and producing career, exploring how even at their lousiest, human beings are more relatable than many may want to believe.

From The Verge ● Oct. 11, 2019

Even in his lousiest pictures — “I made lots of low-budget movies,” he admitted — he’s a thing of beauty, a graceful, whirling dynamo.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2017

Lena only went because she’s a cheerleader, and she said it was the lousiest turnout she’d ever seen for a Condors-Raiders matchup.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman