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хрено́вый

khrenovy

Lousy; crappy

Usage

A coarse assessment of quality. The related хреново can also describe feeling unwell.

Related forms / spellings: хреновая, хреновое, хреново

Example

Это был хреновый план.

That was a lousy plan.

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