shitty
Americanadjective
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inferior or contemptible.
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inept or insignificant.
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unfortunate or unpleasant.
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wretchedly bad; miserable.
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The year he and Tara had married, they’d pooled money from their shitty office jobs and rented a lakeside cabin on Rose Island, at the tip of Wisconsin’s sharp-nailed thumb.
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022
I’m adding only friends who I’m happy to look shitty in front of.
From The Verge • Jul. 20, 2022
But when we look to our fictions to imagine our futures, they can lead us down strange cul-de-sacs, leave us craving flying cars and swiping shitty touch screens.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2020
In “Hereditary,” it’s a literal perpetuation of patriarchy; in “Midsommar,” it’s the fecklessness of a shitty boyfriend.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019
Mimicking the deep-voiced passion of commercial voice-overs, she said, “It’s small, it’s slow, and it’s shitty, but it runs. Sometimes. Blue Citrus: See Your Local Used-Car Dealer.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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