junky

¹

[juhng-kee]

adjective

junkier, junkiest 

1. of the nature of junk; trashy.

junky

²

[juhng-kee]

noun

plural

junkies 

1. junkie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of junky¹

First recorded in 1945–50; junk ¹ + -y ²

Origin of junky²

junk ³ + -y ²

Example Sentences

Political junkies, and the news outlets that service their needs, abhor a vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times

It could have been for any other market research exercise, for washing powder or water bills, rather than anything to do with Westminster - so it wasn't a gathering of political junkies.

From BBC

Many Criterion junkies have imagined what it would be like to hang out in that closet — to be enveloped in that cozy cocoon of great movies.

From Los Angeles Times

The end of the line for Superman was met with an outpouring of grief from adrenaline junkies.

From Los Angeles Times

“Slowly but steadily it could turn the West’s youth—its future—into perpetually distracted dopamine junkies ill-equipped to maintain the civilization built by their ancestors,” the article retweeted by Mangione reads.

From Salon

Related Words

• awful 
• cheap 
• dreadful 
• inferior 
• lousy 
• poor 
• terrible