crappy

adjective

crap·​py ˈkra-pē 

crappier; crappiest

informal

: markedly inferior in quality : not good or pleasant : lousy

crappy weather

drove a crappy old car

I woke up feeling crappy, so I took a sick day.

That was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

Synonyms

• bad
• bargain-basement
• bum
• cheap
• cheapjack
• cheesy
• coarse
• common
• cut-rate
• el cheapo
• execrable
• gimcrack
• inferior
• junky
• lousy
• low-grade
• low-rent
• mediocre
• miserable
• poor
• rotten
• rubbishy
• schlock
• schlocky
• shlock
• shlocky
• second-rate
• shoddy
• sleazy
• terrible
• trashy
• trumpery
• wretched

Examples of crappy in a Sentence

I think that was the crappiest movie I've ever seen.

I felt crappy all day yesterday.

Recent Examples on the Web

Look, this case, this hush money case, was the case that everybody said was the crappy case of the four. —Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Jan. 2025

Making things worse, a night of crappy sleep can increase the amount of cortisol, a stress hormone, pumping through your blood. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024

Branch’s Ergonomic Chair is my first recommendation for anyone who just wants to upgrade their crappy old seat without spending a fortune. —Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024

The researchers tested this, and found that non-jumping takeoffs were crappy. —IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above