Lousy and Spare

Lousy

Lousy adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: I actually play a pretty lousy game of tennis

Spare and lousy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead an adjective "Lousy".

Nearby Words: louse, lousiness, lousing, loused

Spare

Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.

Lousy and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lousy" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Not only does he get lousy gifts, it's the day Wallace advertises he's renting out the spare room and Feathers McGraw moves in, kicking off a series of events that leads to Gromit moving out.
  • Coupled with minuscule advertising, and the fact it was painfully obvious CN was doing it because it just couldn't spare any timeslots not already filled by its other shows, the show got lousy ratings.
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