Definition of wacknext
slang
as in wrong
falling short of a standard that movie was wack, even by the standards of popcorn flicks

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Recent Examples of wack In the film, Polsky seems unsure whether to view McCollum as a saint or a wack job. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Also, this photo of us is wack because in real life Kelly is about 1/16 my size. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 29 July 2025 This psychotic wack job has lots of grievances against society, particularly those who are on the fringe and have nothing, unlike him whose luxury automobile represents a person who has it all and the security technology to keep it that way. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025 This psychotic wack job has lots of grievances against society, particularly those who are on the fringe and have nothing — unlike him, whose luxury automobile represents a person who has it all and the security technology to keep it that way. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025 That guessing game isn’t great when too much melatonin can lead to fatigue, dizziness, and confusion, among other wack side effects. Ali Finney, SELF, 19 Apr. 2024 Nathan Fielder Is Keeping It Real Nathan Fielder was pretty wack this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 Lillard couldn’t be both the good locker room guy and try to get his wack teammates shipped out of town. Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023 Tenant shall refrain from posting aggressive notes in building common areas about the wack job in Apartment 2B. Sam Spero, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wack
Adjective
  • Seneca, the Roman philosopher, argued that people kept getting the message of Homer’s epic poems wrong.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • One person was killed and two others were critically injured when a wrong-way driver crashed into several other vehicles on Friday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side of Chicago.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • The jokes are still wildly scattershot and frequently, knowingly lame; the production is still cheap and cheerfully scrappy; the whole ragged enterprise is still reliant on the evident affection and chemistry between its players to hold it together.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • A couple solid set-pieces, a lame evil corporate villain, a limp Act 1 origin story, and the perfect scene where Pepper performs open-heart surgery on Tony complete the picture.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The plan is to then gradually introduce louder sounds, Coen added, to discover the level at which a sonic boom noise goes from being acceptable to unacceptable.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Given the national security stakes, the prospect of foreign governments being able to suspend access to critical models at a whim started to feel like an unacceptable risk.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Covid-19 wasn’t immediately recognized as a disease with airborne transmission with the potential to spread beyond the 6-foot social distancing measure, especially in places with poor ventilation or around activities with heavy breathing.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Crepe myrtles may not bloom due to poor pruning, low light, watering issues, weak soil, or pests.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The last war, which began in 2014, left Yemen facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even worse, Brooks directed him to contact his agent instead.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Alphabet, on the other hand, almost seemed to not care about the change from being cash-flow dominant to cash-flow deficient.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The bottom line for now is that oysters carry compounds with real biological plausibility for supporting testosterone production, particularly in people who are zinc-deficient.
    Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • North Texas Howard WKU Northwestern Rutgers Nebraska That's a pathetic first six weeks.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Despite the Warriors operating with a pathetic sense of self-mortification — bending over backward for the mere possibility the King might grace them with his presence — the power of friendship wasn’t enough to lure James to the Bay.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • But the Chinese way will cause a proliferation of talent, usage, data—until something horrible happens.
    Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Badgers have had horrible injury luck, which has led to bad QB play the past few years.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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“Wack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wack. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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