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What does lousy mean?

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Adjective
  1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
  2. Infested with lice.
  3. (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).
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Taking away days and weeks worth of effort in a single stroke is a lousy rotten thing to do to your patrons.
Charlie attributes his lousy luck to the loss of his rabbit's foot and horseshoe.
In America, lousy jobs are increasing as top corporations are awash in cash.
I placed my name on a recent letter to the editor about the lousy service at the local post office, and I am not sorry that I did.
I think when it rains and the weather's lousy they enjoy themselves even more.
Despite its romantic allure, gold has historically been a pretty lousy investment.

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