crummy

comparative crummier · superlative crummiest

1. informalBad; poor.

   Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.

   2 more examples

   Does it look like I care? No, seriously, stare real hard and long at the picture at the top of this column. That’s about as much reaction as you’re gonna get out of me as far as your crummy problems go.

   1997 December 19, Matt Thompson, “Wiz deals with Xmas mail load”, in Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Oh.: Cox Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23

   Whether it's a crummy hometown, a crummy job, or a crummy family, Bruce punctuates his songs with some oppressive tension. Early on in his work, oppression is nothing an open window, a fast car, a willing female, or a tank of gas couldn't fix.

   2011, Randall E. Auxier, Douglas R. Anderson, Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth, Open Court, →ISBN, page 197

   Synonyms: abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap

2. datedFull of crumb or crumbs.

   Synonyms: crumby

3. datedSoft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.

plural crummies

1. British ColumbiaNorthwesternUSinformalA small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite.
2. A cow with a crumpled horn.