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lousy

/laʊ.zi/
adjective
  1. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.

    "No offense, but his cooking is lousy."

    Similar: miserable

  2. Infested with lice.

  3. (usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

    "The place was lousy with students."

    Similar: inundated, jam-packed, teeming

Synonymsinundated, jam-packed, teeming, miserable

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