rinky-dink

adjective

Definition of rinky-dinknext
as in antiquated

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Recent Examples of rinky-dink Despite the anodyne cinematography, special effects that look rinky-dink compared to Oppenheimer, and a color palette more suited to an episode of The A-Team than serious cinema, the movie really scared me. — Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 Unfortunately, the rinky-dink webcam built into your laptop cannot come close to competing with your handset. — PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2025 This is not going to be some rinky-dink 80-minute sketch show. — Jeff Conway, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Only the majesty of the West was good enough for them—they'd never deign to spend a weekend on one of the rinky-dink mountains of the Northeast. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for rinky-dink
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rinky-dink
  1. antiquated
  2. quaint
  3. obsolete
  4. old-time
  5. retro
  6. old-world
  7. old-fashioned
  8. old-school
Adjective
  • Costco online cake ordering updates antiquated system The online cake ordering feature was first revealed to be on the way by Costco CEO Ron Vachris in the company's quarterly earnings call in December 2025.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, interviews and encounters with the slain officers’ family members also illustrate the cost and harm of a job that was formed in the early 19th century and remains antiquated and unchanged in our 21st-century world.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of antiquated
Adjective
  • But fantasy sports, an almost quaint precursor to the instantaneous forms of gambling proliferating now, remains hugely prevalent.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Their quaint view of women as meek, docile and powerless clearly worked in her favor.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of quaint
Adjective
  • Probably the easiest description of psychosis is the obsolete term of insanity.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But as the history of trading technology shows, what is considered groundbreaking one day can be obsolete the next.
    — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of obsolete
Adjective
  • For this tigress, the elder Singh urged a haka, an old-time beat.
    — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The shop, both a drug store and old-time fountain shop, offers fountain sodas as well as subs and sandwiches.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of old-time
Adjective
  • Some of our friends, who’d assumed that abstract art was all that any longer really mattered, were wondering if Jack’s nudes were radical or retro or if retro was the new radical.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The end result is a retro sci-fi building with high-tech-like pipes drawing one’s attention.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of retro
Adjective
  • Some people like old-world charm and zealously seek to preserve it.
    — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Today, fifth-generation Fiorentinos are the custodians of this old-world, grandest of grand hotels, nearing its 200th anniversary.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of old-world
Adjective
  • The 1,800-square-foot Encinitas location, modeled after the company’s flagship in Costa Mesa, is designed to resemble a 1950s-style diner, complete with chrome accents and an old-fashioned pie case.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Advocates argued that decades of studies had identified the most effective ways to teach reading, which included teaching kids to sound out words using old-fashioned phonics, while emphasizing vocabulary and comprehension.
    — Lisa Chambers, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of old-fashioned
Adjective
  • But old-school defenses still matter, too, including obstacles meant to stop tanks and command posts buried underground across the tiny nation.
    — Aaron MacLean, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Some consumers maintain an old-school view of lingerie’s core objective.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of old-school

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