구차해요 · 구차했어요 · 구차한 (+noun)
lame, undignified (excuse); shabby, wretched (life)
Example
이제 와서 그런 변명을 하는 건 너무 구차해요.
Making that kind of excuse now is just too undignified.
Word parts
구 makeshift+차 for now
Literally 'makeshift, just for now': lacking dignity.
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Common pattern: 구차한 변명 'a lame excuse'.
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