as in horrible
extremely unsatisfactory
I'm tired of driving around in a sucky car that is always breaking down
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Recent Examples of sucky
And concluding a sucky year for Chicago sports fans, the Blackhawks had a sad showing at Tuesday’s Winter Classic, suffering a 6-2 defeat at the hands of the rival St. Louis Blues.
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Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
Were there some sucky times?
—USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Pretty sucky timing happening there, while Mercury retrograde is gleefully sowing misunderstandings that seem to legitimize your gloomy suspicions.
—Jennifer Culp, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
Were there some sucky times?
—USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
And that's the sucky part.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
Uptime must be at least a (fairly sucky) 97% which means 262 hours of downtime is allow each year.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
On one thing David Roberts and I agree on: Grist has a sucky comment software.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2010
What feels unmanageable today may feel, when tomorrow comes, still sucky but somehow not hopeless anymore.
—Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
There's the person voted out right before the merge — another super sucky spot to go since the entire game can be flipped on its head the day after you were voted out.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucky
Adjective
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Some compare Sanders to Geno Smith — not flattering, but not horrible.—
Troy Renck,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Everybody's going to be thrown, according to , into all these horrible situations.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until its proves otherwise, Miami sits mediocre at ninth-best in the 16-team AFC -- not terrible, surely not the dregs ... but not a contender.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For a large part, the Heat’s supporting pieces have been awful this season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hollywood continued to celebrate the fearless first responders who worked to save lives and property during the awful Los Angeles wildfires last month.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And another research team, using data from 2015 to 2022, observed in an article available in Energy Research and Social Science that poor income distribution correlates with social unrest when fossil fuel subsidies are removed.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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And poor work conditions can hurt morale in any field.—
Jeff Weiner,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Sucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucky. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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