tinny
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Timo Kurkikangas’s sound design could use some tweaks—the spoken text was sometimes tinny or drowned out by the orchestra.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Nearly all televisions have small, tinny speakers that make it difficult to hear dialogue, especially for some of us older folk.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Then he makes this film that looks tinny, like bad TV.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
At a Puerto Vallarta outpost of a drugstore chain that sold reporters fake medications, Ed Sheeran was crooning through tinny speakers about having faith in what he sees.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2023
A tinny orchestra striking up a tune so familiar it was practically a cliché.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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