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crap

noun [U] (BAD QUALITY)
 
 
/kræp/

Definition

something that is not worth anything, not useful, nonsense, or of bad quality: I can't believe she's trying to pass off this crap as art! I've only read one novel by him and it was a load of crap.Rubbish and wasteEnvironmental issuesInformal words for badRubbish and wasteSerious and unpleasantNot of good qualityNot of good qualityRubbish and wasteInformal words for bad
(Definition of crap noun (BAD QUALITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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