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as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust
why, you lousy cheater!
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2
as in poor
falling short of a standard
I actually play a pretty lousy game of tennis
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as in terrible
extremely unsatisfactory
the restaurant served a lousy meal that we shouldn't have had to pay for
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as in cheap
of low quality
a tacky store selling lousy souvenirs
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as in crowded
possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a Manhattan neighborhood that is lousy with wannabe actors
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Recent Examples of lousy
Deborah Cohn, a marketing professor at the New York Institute of Technology, has identified five broad patterns for how lousy gifts happen.
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Whizy Kim, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
The Bears can’t keep producing this brand of lousy, uninspired, miserable football.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
The truck ignores lousy roads, delivering a smooth ride on pavement or dirt.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
But most women know that when given a lousy assignment, the trick is to work doubly hard to prove doubters wrong.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Whizy Kim, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
The Bears can’t keep producing this brand of lousy, uninspired, miserable football.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
The truck ignores lousy roads, delivering a smooth ride on pavement or dirt.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
But most women know that when given a lousy assignment, the trick is to work doubly hard to prove doubters wrong.
—Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lousy
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
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That being said, today was a very poor outing as breadth (advancers vs. decliners) was awful in both markets.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Baby is a poor sleeper, so the mother has to tend to him day and night while also running the household.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jack McBrayer plays a flustered resort concierge who delivers the terrible news to two bridezilla-esque adults who won’t be walking down the aisle in white but are still very invested in the nuptials.Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Food is terrible, the vibe is off, absolutely trash.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The electric vehicle maker still is shooting for a launch of its cheaper vehicle in the first half of next year and other models later in the year, the bank said after the meeting with investor relations chief Travis Axelrod.Rachael Levy, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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And cheap, lower-tech methods of creating and disseminating false information have been extremely successful on their own.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Wearing a mask, especially in crowded indoor areas, can help minimize transmission of not just SARS-CoV-2, but all respiratory viruses.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Bucs gained 156 yards on 32 carries, with the Giants’ pitiful tackling paving the way to most of those yards.Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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This pitiful state of affairs has arisen even though the EU has a strong industrial base and counts four of the world’s ten largest arms exporters among its members.Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024
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This time difference is unacceptable and the cause of many breaches.Austin Gadient, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The lack of information is absolutely unacceptable.Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Although there is high demand among students for internships and other work opportunities, our education-employer ecosystem is doing a horrible job delivering them.Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Everyone is forgetting conveniently about October 7, but that was a horrible day for the world, not for Israel, for the world.TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Lousy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lousy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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