dorky

American  

[dawr-kee] / ˈdɔr ki /

adjective

Slang.

dorkier, dorkiest

1. stupid, inept, or unfashionable.

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Etymology

Origin of dorky

dork + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Or is he inherently sort of dorky?

From The Wall Street Journal

As endlessly repeated on the pages emitted by a computer printer, the words signify either a demented loss of self-control on the part of a mild-mannered tech enthusiast or that a dorky videogame has taken an unexpected turn to the sinister.

From The Wall Street Journal

But what was once a small and proudly dorky academic gathering has become something more like AI-palooza.

From The Wall Street Journal

Steven Lee Johnson’s Charlie, the dorky assistant sound engineer, is an amiable weirdo, though I missed the way Andrew R. Butler played him almost like a space alien in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s adorable to see Farrell relive starring in a high school class musical, leaping, twisting and grinning through the dorky choreography.

From Los Angeles Times