crummy

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I personally find it a bit crummy, and I don't know if you can turn off threading of comments, but it is a message board out of the box.

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  1. adjective Slang Miserable or wretched: a crummy situation in the family.
  2. adjective Slang Shabby or cheap: a crummy little rowboat.

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  • I've known Ricky since he was eighteen and came through San Diego playing backup for a crummy band. —  Marcia Muller - [16] A Wild and Lonely Place
  • Back in the crummy, my fireman was drinking coffee and I was looking forward to a milk run and then the light changed to red. —  The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 2005
  • Several small antique shops, of remarkable elegance for such a crummy-looking district, were dotted in the nooks and crannies of the cobbley labyrinth. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • In Hitwise's blog post reporting the numbers, analyst Heather Hopkins offers three possible explanations - crummy weather, boredom, and the urge to send holiday greetings to your friends. —  ResourceShelf
  • And it looks like the crummy economy could lend a helping hand to another business - toy rental. —  TreeHugger
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