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dorky

American  
[dawr-kee] / ˈdɔr ki /

adjective

Slang.
dorkier, dorkiest
  1. stupid, inept, or unfashionable.


Etymology

Origin of dorky

dork + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Instead, Macras and her 10 performers — drawn from her own company, Dorky Park, plus some guest dancers — serve up a disjointed revue that is about theater itself, in the vaguest of senses.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Dorky as it sounds, that’s exactly what I’ve started to do.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2018

I can not believe you did not include Dorky Chase, as a historian.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2016

Alex Trebek has elevated Dorky Observation into an art form.

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2013

And the lesson was not over before he had got even with the lot of them—Fred and Eben and Dorky and all—except me, of course.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)