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/lˈaʊzi/ Listen

adjective

Lousy adj.

Infested with lice.

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. (informal) "Such lousy learning as this is."

Very bad; as, to feel lousy; to do a lousy job.

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Etymology of 'Lousy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... "People was lousy in them days. I always had to pick louses from the heads of the white children. You don't find ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: The Ohio Narratives • Works Projects Administration

... going to add some fresh household words to our war vocabulary. 'Wipers' is a veteran by this time: 'Plugstreet,' 'Booloo,' and 'Armintears' are old friends. We must now make room for 'Monty Ban,' 'La Bustle,' 'Mucky Farm,' 'Lousy ...

— All In It K(1) Carries On - A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand • John Hay Beith (AKA: Ian Hay)

... "I know it's a lousy, fouled-up situation, commander," he said with evident irony. "You speak of discipline. Well, it's bad enough here on Mars, where a junior officer like you feels free to argue with a full captain like ...

— Shock Absorber • E.G. von Wald

... your masters the parted waters will close over you and in your ears will be the gurgling of yellow streams. Hungrily you will search in the darkened void, swiftly you will pounce on the silver shadow.... Then you will rise again, bearing in your beak the struggling prey, And your lousy lords, whose rings are upon your throats, will take from you the catch, giving in its place a puny wriggler which can pass the gates of straw. Such is ...

— Profiles from China • Eunice Tietjens

... told him. "We might even be late to class. Now wouldn't that be awful? Some jerk wants to write up a bunch of lousy report slips, make him look ...

— The Best Made Plans • Everett B. Cole

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