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lousy

adjective
 
 
/ˈlaʊ.zi/ informal

Definition

very bad: lousy food/service a lousy film I had a lousy weekend. I feel lousy (= very ill) - I'm going home. All he offered me was a lousy £20 (= a small amount of money)!Informal words for badRubbish and wasteSerious and unpleasantNot of good quality
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