crummy

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crummy^¹

/ˈkɹʌmi/

Sounds like crumby · Rhymes with -ʌmi

Where it comes from

Variant of crumby, mid 19th c.

adjective crummier · crummiest

informal Bad; poor. Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Similar: abysmal, atrocious, awful, bad, chronic, coarse, corny, crap, crapalicious, crappy, crummy, deityforsaken
dated Full of crumb or crumbs.
Similar: crumby
dated Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.

crummy^²

/ˈkɹʌmi/

Sounds like crumby · Rhymes with -ʌmi

noun crummies

British Columbia, Northwestern, US, informal A small van, bus, or railway car used to transport loggers or other resource workers to and from the worksite.
A cow with a crumpled horn.

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adj bad, poor

Español	pésimo, feo, desagradable, mal, de mala muerte
Deutsch	lausig
Русский	никудышный nikudyšnyj, дрянной drjannoj

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@misc{crummy_2026,
  title = {crummy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crummy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}