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Recent Examples of junky Truth is, Old is sort of a junky film with a so-so Twilight Zone premise mixed with an international cast — and, indeed, there are profound ideas about death and loss intertwined with cheap-seat body-horror ickiness. Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024 William does have one redeeming quality: A black cat that keeps him company when his life decisions leave him all alone in his junky bachelor apartment. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 But the visual jokes are dense and the look works for the setting and comedic ethos, reflecting the junky tourist-trap aesthetic that Mumolo and Wiig celebrate. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Otherwise most of your collection is fair game to display, sans a junky corporate logo or a plastic makeup. Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2024 As a result, the market for rechargeable devices is suffused with junky options, and the differences in quality can be opaque. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024 Credit Reynolds for finding chatty sweetness in his masked assassin — and for giving new life to the film series by embracing the intrinsic humor of the franchise's junky failings. Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2024 High quality, independent polls mostly did not predict big Republican gains in the midterm elections, although some junky polls released by Republican-leaning firms did so. David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024 Just take the entire glob out of the container and press into electronics to pull out junky debris. Anna Kasper, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junky
Adjective
  • He was convicted of financial card fraud in 1990, theft by check twice in 1990, two counts of issuing a worthless check in 1994, theft by check in 1994, four counts of theft by swindle in October 2002 and one count two months later.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Under Mike Ashley’s ownership, Newcastle were so rarely in the hat for cups that headwear of any sort was a worthless luxury.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The cheapest ticket on the resale market was $153 but it was located nearly on top of the arena.
    Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Re-painting your house is the easiest and cheapest way to do this.
    Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Shoppers have taken to social media to document the egg crisis, sharing photos and videos of empty shelves, limit notices and other shoppers mass purchasing eggs.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In the rest of the building on this Saturday the hallways were empty.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But to add to what is at stake, former Chelsea head coach Graham Potter, who struggled to win the crowd over during a terrible seven months in charge in 2022-23, is returning as the opposition’s manager for the first time since he was sacked.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • And both situations can, of course, be traced directly to the same source: years of terrible leadership by the commissioners and university presidents that end up hurting the athletes — and passing the cost of doing business onto the fans.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Though Osbourne had a farewell tour set to begin in 2023, he was forced to cancel the shows due to poor health.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Lopetegui was eventually sacked on January 8, having failed to fix West Ham’s poor form.
    Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Switch to store brands Over the decades, store brands have evolved from inferior generics into private-label offerings that compete with name brands on quality and price.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Despite Qorvo’s excellent product portfolio and competitiveness with peers Broadcom and Skyworks Solutions, the company’s gross and operating margins have been inferior.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Since its release last week, fans across Reddit, X, YouTube, and even the game’s official site all agree: Trading in Pocket is very, very bad.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This is a bad bill that’s wasting the time of Annapolis legislators who have much more important issues to resolve for the people of this state.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • There is something rotten about it, and its been that way for a large sample size now.
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Summary Flatulence that smells like rotten eggs is common and is caused by eating foods containing sulfur.
    Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025

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