wonky
Example Sentences
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Between the famously liberal City by the Bay and Sacramento, he quietly amassed influence and carved out an unusual lane: a wonky Democrat who accelerates housing construction through legislation that pushes for denser development.
But what gives “Song Sung Blue” a wonky kind of depth is that there’s only so high Mike and Claire can rise.
From Los Angeles Times
When it was founded in 1987, its creators envisioned a wonky gathering of academics to swap ideas about how brains and machines learn.
The idea would be to avoid wonky decisions and let common sense prevail.
His timing was off and his mechanics were wonky.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
