rubbishy

/'rʌbiʃi/

Thân thiện

The shopkeeper removed the rubbishy merchandise from the display.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of very poor quality; cheap and inferior: Describes something that is badly made, worthless, or of extremely low standard.
   • Nonsensical or foolish: Can describe ideas, talk, or writing that is absurd or without value.

Usage and Examples

• Describing poor quality objects:
  • The market was full of rubbishy souvenirs that broke easily.
  • He refused to buy the rubbishy plastic toy for his child.
• Describing low-quality media or content:
  • I don't read those rubbishy celebrity gossip magazines.
  • The film's plot was predictable and the dialogue was rubbishy.
• Describing nonsensical ideas or talk:
  • Ignore his rubbishy arguments; they make no sense.
  • She was tired of listening to his rubbishy excuses.

Advanced Usage

• Used attributively: Often placed directly before a noun to emphasize its poor quality.
  • It was just another rubbishy reality TV show.
• Used predicatively: Can follow a linking verb like 'be', 'seem', or 'look'.
  • The whole scheme seemed rubbishy from the start.

Variants and Related Words

• Rubbish (noun/verb): As a noun, it means waste material or worthless things. As a verb, it means to criticize severely or reject as worthless.
  • Please take out the rubbish. (noun)
  • The critic rubbished the new play. (verb)
• Trashy (adjective): Very similar in meaning to 'rubbishy', meaning cheap, inferior, or of low quality.
  • She writes trashy romance novels.

Synonyms

• Shoddy: Badly made or done.
• Inferior: Of lower quality.
• Worthless: Having no real value or use.
• Junky: Resembling or full of junk; of poor quality.
• Tawdry: Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

Antonyms

• Superior: Of high quality.
• Valuable: Worth a great deal; of high quality.
• Excellent: Extremely good.
• First-rate: Of the highest quality.

Notes on Meaning

• Primary Connotation: The word strongly implies a judgment of being not just poor, but contemptibly so. It carries a tone of disdain or dismissal.
• Formality: This is an informal, critical adjective. It is more common in British English than American English, where 'trashy' is often preferred.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. cheap and inferior; of no value
   • rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority
   • trashy merchandise

Từ đồng nghĩa

• trashy