The Clue
Inferior, as an excuse (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SAD
Tags
Notes
The answer SAD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blue
Bummed
Chapfallen
Deplorable
Dispirited
In the doldrums
Down
Downcast
Downhearted
Forlorn
Glum
Melancholy
Morose
Mournful
Piteous
Regrettable
Sorry
Triste
Unhappy
Woebegone
Wretched
Deplorably poor
Down in the dumps
Like one texting :-(
In low spirits
Needing a lift
Not up
Poor, as an excuse
Singing the blues
Kind of sack or iron
Like some commentary
What a texter of ":-(" might be
Definition
SAD as an adjective:
1. experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
2. of things that make you feel sad; "sad news"; "she doesn't like sad movies"; "it was a very sad story"; "When I am dead, my dearest, / Sing no sad songs for me"- Christina Rossetti
3. (deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry) = bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"