Wonky

/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/ · adjective

Meaning

Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
2. (chiefly British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
3. (informal, computing) Suffering from intermittent bugs.
4. (informal) Generally incorrect.
5. (music) A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.
6. Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
7. Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.

Example Sentences

Who's this gimp with a wonky eye / I don't know but his lips are dry

It seemed likely that he would need First Aid when those wonky steps yielded, at length, to the well-known law of gravitation.

By the late 2000s, dubstep had splintered into numerous factions, from brostep to wonky to the evocative “purple,” […]

Climate change is an issue that might lend itself more easily to thematic framing in the news, due to the often highly technical and wonky language required to explain it.

McCain's message, while similar in content and equally as valid, is lost in the minutiae of “'high-risk' pools” and wonky jargon.

During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.

[Senator Todd] Young is a low-key Indiana lawmaker with an enthusiasm for wonky, but important national security issues. He's a protégé of the late Sen. Richard Lugar, a low-key Indiana lawmaker who had an enthusiasm for wonky but important national security issues.

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• wonkier
• wonkiest

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