miserable

/ˈmɪzərəbl/ adjective

Definition

SAD › unhappy: I just woke up feeling miserable.

NOT PLEASANT › very unpleasant or bad, and causing someone to feel unhappy: Some families are living in miserable conditions.

NOT ENOUGH informal › A miserable amount is too small to be acceptable: She offered me a miserable £50 for my old computer.

(Definition of miserable adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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