wonky
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And he says leave that lip liner until last - it'll just "highlight how wonky your drawing skills are".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Together they helped make wonky scientific ideas more digestible for popular consumption.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
One battle scene is scored to 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?” simply as a nod to a He-Man mash-up video that went viral back in 2005, a clash as wonky as it sounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
In normal times, in a normal Federal Communications Commission, Anna M. Gomez’s job might be described as wonky.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
I push the wonky floorboard back into place, then stand up to tap it with my stick.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
That means shoppers could start seeing smaller, wonkier or oddly coloured veg on the shelves in the coming weeks - and sellers and growers say it's still good to eat.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
On the wonkier side, bond prices have also been falling in tandem with stock prices more often than they used to.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Ms. Roem has tried to buy some patience with far wonkier details than Ms. McGinn has offered.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2019
The debates are an imperfect system, he acknowledged, disadvantaging candidates who are more ruminative, wonkier, slower to the draw, and perhaps privileging woo-woo and bright shiny objects above their due.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2019
He leaves the scathing criticism and wonkier observation to Meyers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2017
The famed 18th Century venue in Himley, near Dudley, was known as "Britain's wonkiest pub" due to its distinctive tilt.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
The tavern, known as “Britain’s wonkiest pub” for its slanting walls and floors, was sold to a private developer in July 2023.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
The owners of The Crooked House pub have been ordered to rebuild "Britain's wonkiest inn" after it was destroyed last year in a suspected arson attack.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
Once known as "Britain's wonkiest" inn, the pub in Staffordshire was hit by the fire on 5 August, and demolished less than two days later.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
The celebrated Black Country venue, a pub since the 1940s, was once known as the "wonkiest" in Britain, and drew its name from the effects of mining subsidence in the 19th Century.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
