Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Infested with lice.
- adjective Extremely contemptible; nasty.
- adjective Sick or unwell.
- adjective Inferior or worthless.
- adjective Slang Abundantly supplied.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Infested with lice.
- Hence Degraded; mean; contemptible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Infested with lice.
- adjective informal Mean; contemptible.
- adjective Very bad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded;
mean ,contemptible . - adjective Infested with
lice . - adjective colloquial Filled or packed with something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective vile; despicable
- adjective infested with lice
- adjective very bad
Etymologies
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Examples
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And can I just say it's also a lousy, _lousy_ reason to have sex.
Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine 2009
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And he was very angry because he said that at the time he signed the contract with Disney, he said he signed for what he called a lousy $45,000.
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AGATSTON: Well the LDL is what we call the lousy cholesterol.
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And, while we are at it, and just to pick up on one of Arnold's areas of interest, the overwhelming majority of students and people are completely unaware of how lousy is the US performance in life expectancy and infant mortality compared to the rest of the world, nor how much more we pay for this wonderful performance than do those elsewhere.
I Heart Textbook Authors, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Vouchers would give the poor, stuck in lousy schools a fighting chance for an education (if they want it).
Comments of the Week, 2003-03-26, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If the scope were to fog or freeze in lousy weather I could still take a shot.
Quick detach scope mounts. Are they worth it? If so, what brand? 2009
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Vouchers would give the poor, stuck in lousy schools a fighting chance for an education (if they want it).
Teacher Pay, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In the early '90s, Paul Krugman still despaired of American debility, rooted in lousy productivity.
Robert Teitelman: Transactions: Oct. 18, 2010 Robert Teitelman 2010
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If the scope were to fog or freeze in lousy weather I could still take a shot.
Quick detach scope mounts. Are they worth it? If so, what brand? 2009
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But that deduction has had long term lousy effects which should be discussed, and changed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do We Need to Subsidize Homeownership to Preserve Our National Identity? 2010
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