lousy

The word "lousy" is an adjective that you can use to describe something that is really bad:

• We’ve had lousy weather lately.
• Lousy sales caused the store to close.
• Marina divorced her husband because he was a lousy person, and he wasn’t interested in satisfying her needs in the relationship.
• Customer service at this store is lousy. The employees aren’t very helpful.
• Joe says he feels lousy today, so he’s just going to stay home in bed. (He’s sick.)
• The food at this place is lousy.

The weather today is lousy.

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Originally published April 7, 2013; updated on April 17, 2017