how to pronounce lousy

/ˈlaʊziː/

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lousy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lousy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you still remain 200 lousy words over …”

meaning of lousy

Lousy means very bad or unpleasant.

lousy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lousy occurs in english on average 4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lousy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lousy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;