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scummy

[skuhm-ee] / ˈskʌm i /




















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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

Of course that would be scummy, and it sounds like it must be fraud.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2022

Listen, spin docs: Quit rebranding pols who’ve acted scummy!

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

In “432 Park Avenue, Manhattan,” which depicts a supertall residential tower that may be more an investment storehouse than an actual home, a little scummy foam jiggles on the water’s surface.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

"They have a boggy stink, like frogs and trees and scummy water. Moss grows under their arms in place of hair, and they can live with nothing to eat but mud and breathe swamp water."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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