Adjective, : That was a lousy thing to do. ,a lousy job; I feel lousy. From Dictionary.com.
Drill SGT: Yeah, I overinflated the "lousiness" of Novak's driving. From Wordnik.com. ["Morally speaking, what [Bob] Novak was doing here is no better than walking down a crowded street with his handgun, firing off .22 rounds at random."] Reference
And the inescapable lousiness of growing old. From Wordnik.com. [The News on Sharon Olds] Reference
Just a few tiding of encroaching lousiness to pass on. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Give treatment for lousiness of different farm animals. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
I am just shocked at the lousiness of the NYT reporting. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
It's covered everything with a lousiness, and I think that reflects it. From Wordnik.com. [Damon Runyan: A Life] Reference
A number of different remedies are used for the treatment of lousiness in. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The side effects were nasty: headaches, hot flashes, a general feeling of lousiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Seven] Reference
I believe that Obama is strking, however ineffectively, against the fundamental lousiness of that metaphor. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Symbols:] Reference
I had not known a bath during all the time I was on the Somme and lousiness was part and parcel of my make-up. From Wordnik.com. [S.O.S. Stand to!] Reference
Around here, the treatment of choice for sore throats and general feeling-lousiness is a cup of hot calamansi juice. From Wordnik.com. [Foodgoat] Reference
We all dressed up in the style of the period, ate period food kinda and had a lot of fun - despite the lousiness of the rules. From Wordnik.com. [May 12th, 2009] Reference
Pediculosis: a state of lousiness, or the abnormal condition caused by the multiplication of lice on the body: sec phthiriasis. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Gretchen Rubin: 5 Common Happiness Mistakes: 'Boosters' That Do More Harm Than Good] Reference
If Taiwanese really want to chase this issue, at least make the focus of critics on Ma's credibility, but not on the lousiness of errors itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Ma "errors": Please Stop] Reference
Even an unforeseen blossom of good news, such as the declining death toll in Iraq, seems almost incidental in the log stream of general lousiness. From Wordnik.com. [The News Blues] Reference
I think I learned Zaner-Bloser, but it's been well warped by time, the lousiness of my handwriting in general, and something I started a few years ago. From Wordnik.com. [German and American Handwriting] Reference
Because of my lousiness at X, I really don't feel like there's anyone in my department with whom I can talk this over and get good/wise advice. posted by Bardiac at 6:18 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Decision] Reference
The symptoms of lousiness depend on the variety of lice present, the degree to which the animal is infested with them, its physical condition and the care that it receives. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
There are four or five layers of lousiness in that sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Freep.com - RSS] Reference
There was Cohan and lousiness, and then a brief break, and now there's Cohan and lousiness again. From Wordnik.com. [Kawakami] Reference
The only mistake the previous commenter made was understating the lousiness of ScreenFlow support. From Wordnik.com. [VersionTracker: Mac OS X] Reference
The beggars and loafers, the inconceivable squalor and lousiness, are also, in this sense, in their rights. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of Rome] Reference
Yet the Giants entered the final weekend of the 1981 season with a chance to break that stretch of lousiness. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
"The overriding story of 2009 was the economythe lousiness of it, and the fact that it wasn't far lousier," wrote Time. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt and loss of control and other negative consequences deepen the lousiness of the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Happiness Project] Reference
The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Happiness Project] Reference
Even with the reality of lousiness staring them in the face, the executives in charge of compiling this roster are unwilling to admit that this team was assembled poorly. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Analysts] Reference
"Among baseball's enduring truths is that lousiness need not be lasting. From Wordnik.com. [Phillies Claim NL East Crown;] Reference
Give the symptoms of lousiness. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
He did lousiness on the principle of. From Wordnik.com. [The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,] Reference
Your right about the lousiness, though. From Wordnik.com. [BTDF] Reference
And the inescapable lousiness of growing old. From Wordnik.com. [Books, Inq. — The Epilogue] Reference
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