crummy

adjective

crum·​my ˈkrə-mē 

variants or less commonly crumby

crummier also crumbier; crumbiest

1

obsolete : crumbly

2

: very poor or inferior : lousy

crummy weather

has a crummy job

crumminess noun

Synonyms

• bad
• bastard
• bush
• bush-league
• deficient
• dissatisfactory
• ill
• inferior
• lame
• lousy
• off
• paltry
• poor
• punk
• sour
• suboptimal
• subpar
• substandard
• unacceptable
• unsatisfactory
• wack [slang]
• wanting
• wretched
• wrong

Examples of crummy in a Sentence

the dry cleaners did a crummy job of pressing my suit

Recent Examples on the Web

Even Dani has a crummy night-to-day at the office, spectacularly misjudging the mark in her attempt to seduce Wallace and ultimately getting her ass kicked by Helen. —Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024

Writers didn’t want to do punch-ups on potentially crummy AI scripts or have their words (or ideas) cannibalized by large language models that didn’t pay them a dime. —Marah Eakin, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024

To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024

Then came a crummy offensive line, a nonexistent run game and some forced passes amid slow-developing plays. —Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English crumme

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing crummy

• feel crummy

Kids Definition

crummy

adjective

crum·​my ˈkrəm-ē 

crummier; crummiest

: very poor : lousy

crummy weather