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as in unacceptable
falling short of a standard
she plays a punk game of tennis, so you won't have any trouble beating her
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2
as in horrible
extremely unsatisfactory
the acting in the movie ranged all the way from poor to punk
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as in sick
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
I've been feeling punk today
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as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
an impertinent punk who was trying to tell senior colleagues how to do their jobs
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as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the vigilante was hailed by some as a hero for standing up to the punks who had repeatedly threatened his family
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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
claims made by cosmetic companies about their antiaging creams that turned out to be a lot of punk
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Recent Examples of punk
India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
The Ramones helped bring punk music to the masses beginning in the mid-70s.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Starting in the suburban, Southern California skate punk scene, the group’s lyrics around relationships, teenage angst, friendships, hardships, reunion, and maturity have gained them a cult following.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The five smudge shades are named after punk music culture.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
The Ramones helped bring punk music to the masses beginning in the mid-70s.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
The punk rockers already had some fun at the festival: Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joined The Go-Gos to perform on Friday.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Starting in the suburban, Southern California skate punk scene, the group’s lyrics around relationships, teenage angst, friendships, hardships, reunion, and maturity have gained them a cult following.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punk
Adjective
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Cutting them to fund tax breaks for the wealthy is unacceptable.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Change fatigue can cause corporate leadership to become more willing to accept the unwelcome, and to normalize the unacceptable.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One of our group hunted it on a rainy afternoon — traditionally a horrible time to bag a bird — and killed a 3-year-old tom. —A.M. Don’t Become Overly Reliant on Your Cameras Cameras aren’t magic.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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Big, wonderful, funny, horrible, strange, sad, great life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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It seems squarely aimed at making kids sick by discouraging vaccination.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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Steward said his daughter, while surfing nearby, became sick with an infection from a type of bacteria called MRSA, which is resistant to many antibiotics.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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And given the ease of using the phishing toolkits, even technical novices can create a legitimate-looking login page and a proxy server.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2025
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But where one is fluent in the language of entertainment, the other now seated at the table is a novice in an industry that’s fraught with shady practices and constant change.—
Shirley Halperin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2025
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The story focuses on two figures, a school principal and a thug.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Resist this madness before the unhinged, heartless bully and his spellbound thugs shred our Constitution and our future.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Unlike a regular old garbage bag, these are leakproof and durable (and thus much harder for a squirrel to rip into, if given the chance).—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
22 Apr. 2025
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Four 20-pound bags of hamburger buns and sandwich breads got hit with Stop Sales, sending 80 pounds of bread into the garbage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But even one in three Republicans said their cost of living was on the wrong track, according to the poll, which surveyed 4,306 U.S. adults nationwide between April 16 and April 21.—
Jason Lange,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Department of Justice lawyers accidentally sent the wrong letter to a judge, admitting weaknesses in their case against New York City’s congestion pricing.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Apr. 2025
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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Punk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punk. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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