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miserable

adjective [before noun] (OF LOW VALUE)
 
 
/ˈmɪz.ər.ə.bl̩/ US  /-ɚ-/

Definition

C2 having little value or quality: informal She only offered me a miserable £20 for my old computer.slang Some miserable bastard went and vandalized my car.Costing or worth little or no money
(Definition of miserable adjective (OF LOW VALUE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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