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as in worthless
having no usefulness
that broken watch you're wearing is junky
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as in cheap
of low quality
a junky coat that is sure to fall apart after one winter
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Recent Examples of junky
Otherwise most of your collection is fair game to display, sans a junky corporate logo or a plastic makeup.
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Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
As a result, the market for rechargeable devices is suffused with junky options, and the differences in quality can be opaque.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Credit Reynolds for finding chatty sweetness in his masked assassin — and for giving new life to the film series by embracing the intrinsic humor of the franchise's junky failings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
High quality, independent polls mostly did not predict big Republican gains in the midterm elections, although some junky polls released by Republican-leaning firms did so.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Just take the entire glob out of the container and press into electronics to pull out junky debris.
—Anna Kasper, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
Paranormal Activity watch on max Pet Sematary Year: 1989
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Mary Lambert
Forget that junky 2019 remake (or the even junkier 2023 prequel) and stick with the first adaptation of the Stephen King novel from the 1980s about a cemetery that brings pets back to life.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The restaurant only has one Formica table in a junky storage area by the drink fountain.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
The temperature sensor—embracing the worst of junky smartphone gimmicks
One big change to the Pixel 8 Pro this year is the addition of a barely functional temperature sensor.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2023
Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024
As a result, the market for rechargeable devices is suffused with junky options, and the differences in quality can be opaque.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
Credit Reynolds for finding chatty sweetness in his masked assassin — and for giving new life to the film series by embracing the intrinsic humor of the franchise's junky failings.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024
High quality, independent polls mostly did not predict big Republican gains in the midterm elections, although some junky polls released by Republican-leaning firms did so.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
Just take the entire glob out of the container and press into electronics to pull out junky debris.
—Anna Kasper, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
Paranormal Activity watch on max Pet Sematary Year: 1989
Runtime: 1h 43m
Director: Mary Lambert
Forget that junky 2019 remake (or the even junkier 2023 prequel) and stick with the first adaptation of the Stephen King novel from the 1980s about a cemetery that brings pets back to life.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The restaurant only has one Formica table in a junky storage area by the drink fountain.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
The temperature sensor—embracing the worst of junky smartphone gimmicks
One big change to the Pixel 8 Pro this year is the addition of a barely functional temperature sensor.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junky
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In the cryptocurrency world, rug-pulling is when developers abandon a project after raising assets, leaving people with worthless tokens.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Everyone in the movie struggles to some degree as well and requests to be paid with three or four U.S. dollars at a time, rather than hundreds of thousands of massively inflated, practically worthless Lebanese pounds.Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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The 25-year-old is cheap, still a season away from salary arbitration eligibility, also plays the corner outfield spots, and won’t be a free agent until after the 2028 season.Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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New England legislators and regulators consistently blocked building additional pipelines from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other regions in the U.S. and Canada, which could bring cheap, onshore natural gas to replace fuel oil.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The press room was almost empty, a member of the small pool of journalists asleep in a chair in the briefing room.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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In what can only be described as a Christmas miracle, the ER was empty.Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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Two women were now the lead anchors on Today, creating a powerful symbolism just as terrible revelations were surfacing about several men in the industry.Eric Deggans, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles wildfires have been a terrible tragedy.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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With sleep disorders affecting approximately 70 million Americans and poor sleep linked to serious health risks like heart disease, stroke and cognitive decline, the Tone Buds represent a significant advancement in personal sleep technology.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Everybody connected to the death of this poor guy is dead now.Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Instead, with a strong enough resume, teams that view the National Championship as a possibility every season can give themselves more avenues to reach the postseason, even if they are caught sleeping against an inferior opponent.Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Because top military brass deemed Black people generally inferior, many doubted a successful outcome to clearing endless piles of mail.Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Trump's first term was considered really bad at -4%.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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Related to this, the second Trump administration begins in a much worse fiscal place as the first Trump government did in 2016.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The prospect of a weaker board comes in the context of the urgent need to deal with huge issues facing MPS, especially after the rotten year the school system has had in 2024.Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
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Just avoid adding rotten food to bokashi or worm bin composters because mold can throw off the composting process in indoor composting systems.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Junky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junky. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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