janky

[ jang-kee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Slang.

inferior in quality:
a low-budget janky recording.
not working or operating properly: the game's janky interface.
a janky old car;
the game's janky interface.
untrustworthy; disreputable:
He's a good guy but has some weird and janky friends.
undesirable; dilapidated or run-down:
He's from the janky part of town where there was a shooting the other night.

Origin of janky¹

First recorded in 1990–95; origin uncertain; perhaps a regional or affected pronunciation of junky ¹( def )

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