junky
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
junky (comparative junkier, superlative junkiest)
- Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet.
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- Full of junk.
- We really need to clear out the junky basement.
Noun
junky (plural junkies)
- (slang, derogatory) Alternative spelling of junkie
Further reading
- “junky”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.