variants
or less commonly crumby
crummier also crumbier; crumbiest
crumminess
noun
Examples of crummy in a Sentence
the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit
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In the movie, the character feels thin: a random woman living in some unnamed Eastern European country when she gets contacted out of the blue by Richard, who found her using facial-recognition software given to him by one of his crummy friends.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
There are also the unhelpful phone calls from her husband, telling her to enjoy the spoils of the crummy motel she’s forced to reside in due to said hole.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
There are also the unhelpful phone calls from her husband, telling her to enjoy the spoils of the crummy motel she’s forced to reside in due to said hole.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Casper 2-Pack Essential Pillow Stop sleeping on a crummy pillow.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Gear malfunctions, crummy weather, and bloodied limbs don’t stop us from heading into the unknown.
—Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crummy
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“Crummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crummy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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