scummy
Example Sentences
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Now, the only way to get tickets is through resellers, which feels scummy at the very least.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
And there are bad, scummy, volatile meme stocks like Bed Bath & Beyond.
From Slate • May 13, 2024
Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022
NVHAP, a risk for virtually all hospital patients, is often caused by bacteria from the mouth that gathers in the scummy biofilm on unbrushed teeth and is aspirated into the lungs.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2022
It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
