creakier; creakiest
2
: showing signs of deterioration or decrepitude
a creaky old house
a creaky economy
Examples of creaky in a Sentence
The new governor promises to work to revive the state's creaky economy.
a computer system that is creaky with age
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The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region's creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said.
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CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region’s creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said.
—Philip Marcelo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Ditching guitars for synthesizers may be old-hat in pop mythos, but the notion of Big Thief’s creaky folk music incorporating a future-shock of sci-fi sounds is intriguing.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Paramount offers only a vague promise to use tech from Papa Larry Ellison’s Oracle to reshape the creaky Paramount+ into something bigger and better.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The toll has also generated more than $550 million in revenue for the region’s creaky and cash-strapped transit system — exceeding projections, the MTA has said.
—Philip Marcelo, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Ditching guitars for synthesizers may be old-hat in pop mythos, but the notion of Big Thief’s creaky folk music incorporating a future-shock of sci-fi sounds is intriguing.
—Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2026
By contrast, Paramount offers only a vague promise to use tech from Papa Larry Ellison’s Oracle to reshape the creaky Paramount+ into something bigger and better.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Creaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creaky. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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