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Definition of "wonky" []

  • Chiefly British Shaky; feeble. (adjective)
  • Chiefly British Wrong; awry. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wonky" in a sentence
  • "Now, if only their email "validation" wasn't so friggin wonky ... and you could have more than one email address ... sammysam"
  • "Really? and not one point of view is backed up with any substance; the snobbery about the orbit, for example, which is twice so lazily described as wonky, does not shed any light on mr long's objection to the idea or the execution. in fact re-reading this - out of sheer disbelief - i find no real content whatsoever. a terrible article, a terrible journalist."
  • "It's not terribly wonky, which is good, but it isn't light on specifics, either ..."