junky

¹

[ juhng-kee ]

adjective

, junk·i·er, junk·i·est.

1. of the nature of junk; trashy.

junky

²

[ juhng-kee ]

noun

, plural junk·ies.

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

In Google’s view, those junky title tags included ones that were stuffed with keywords, overly long, boilerplate across a given website, or just plain missing.

From Search Engine Watch

My thought is, you better be super-organized and matchy-matchy, or your kitchen can look junky!

From Washington Post

Neither was an adrenaline junky or cowboy—few journalists are.

From The Daily Beast

More than anything else, Junky reads like a field guide to the American underworld.

From The Daily Beast

Junky—as his novel is now known—combines all these interests.

From The Daily Beast

On Twitter, liberalchik, a "political junky liberal" from Oklahoma, made the same point, but in a different way.

From The Daily Beast

An economy undermined by junky debt (Greek, rather than subprime) that threatened to prove contagious.

From The Daily Beast

Fattening your dividends by sending our boys up against the Prussian guns in junky motor-tanks covered with tin armor!

From Project Gutenberg

Come on down, Junky, I won't be mad at you—if you follow directions.

From Project Gutenberg

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