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crappy | crappiness |

As an adjective crappy

is (chiefly|north america|colloquial|mildly|vulgar) of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.

As a noun crappiness is

the state or condition of being crappy.

crappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
    • That is such a crappy car.
    The referee just made a really crappy call.
    ''The food there used to be good but now it's crappy .
  • Bad, sick, or depressed.
    • I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
    • Put the crappy diapers in the blue pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

    Alternative forms

    * crap (chiefly, UK)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crappy" is often applied: job, day, weather, thing, food, movie, apartment, life, service, mood, hotel, car, phone, town, product, attitude, software, household goods.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in crap) shitty, poopy * (of very poor quality) shitty, lousy, tatty

    crappiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being crappy.