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Discover LudwigThe word "wonky" is usable in written English and is considered informal
It is often used to describe something that is unstable, unreliable, or not functioning correctly. Example: "The table is a bit wonky, so it wobbles when you put weight on it." Alternatives include "unstable" or "crooked."
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Wonky
adjective
Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
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Silhouettes were wonky.
He is professorial in a good sense: a bit stiff and long-winded, but intellectually inspiring, not wonky.
If anything about my bag is going to give away my amateur status, it's wonky stitches.
And his all-round play seems to be deteriorating; against Stoke on Saturday his touch seemed clumsy and his passing wonky (mind you, he was not alone in that).
Presumably this could mean any one of the following: stealing her friend's husband because she wants him; being photographed by the paparazzi in a naked sex clinch; demolishing her colleagues with personal slights in the boardroom; and working out where to place genocide on her grossly wonky scale of human ruthlessness.
Fly to Alicante (then a 2½-hour drive from the airport) Layénie Under The Stars looks like a cartoon cabin: all wonky walls and bright splashes of colour inside.
Now things are spread out ever since Fox started airing their shows earlier – to give them a fighting chance before their schedule gets wonky due to the World Series in late October – and the CW network decided to wait much later to try to break through the noise of premiere week.
Faces are characterful, but also wonky and wrong, as if their draughtsman had had no tutelage whatsoever.
They're a bit wonky, and if anything I've ever owned has been destined to fall apart in a rainstorm five miles from home, it's these.
See JW Anderson's statement wonky hoops for Loewe or Kim K's diamanté stonkers.
Ed seems nice, wonky, distracted and caring.
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