US /ˈkrʌmi/ UK /ˈkrʌmi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of poor quality; shabby or unpleasant

    They stayed in a crummy motel off the highway.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of poor quality; shabby or... shabbyshoddylousyinferiorworthlesscheaprotten
Word family
Derived forms crummilycrumminess
Related forms crumbcrumby

Etymology

A variant of 'crumby' ('full of crumbs, like a crumb'), from 'crumb' (Old English 'cruma'); the slang 'inferior' sense developed in the 19th century.

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