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Shonky is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shonky in a sentence

Shonky meaning

Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.

Using Shonky

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.
  • In the example corpus, shonky often appears in combinations such as: pretty shonky.

Context around Shonky

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pretty 2×

Often after:

developers 1× shooting 1× oakland 1×

Sentence patterns with Shonky

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a pretty shonky oakland side 1× duped by shonky developers under 1× for his shonky shooting 1× was pretty shonky 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as i remember 1× seattle doing everything 1× the apartment owners 1× unrelated i mean 1×

Common sentence endings:

for face mask 1× his shonky shooting 1× pay a cent 1× was pretty shonky 1×

Words around Shonky

Just before it in the word index:

shonibare 8 shoni 2 shongweni 7 shongwe 24 shongom 2 shongaloo 2

Just after it in the word index:

shonnie 2 shonov 4 shoo 48 shooed 11 shoofly 2 shooglenifty 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Shonky

  • In this selection, "shonky" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pretty, developers, shooting and oakland stand out and add context to how "shonky" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a pretty shonky oakland side and duped by shonky developers under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shonky" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shonky

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

As I remember though the frame rate was pretty shonky. (10 words)

Unrelated, I mean: not as punishment for his shonky shooting. (10 words)

The apartment owners, who were duped by shonky developers, under laws passed by shameless politicians, should not pay a cent. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Seattle doing everything to give a pretty shonky Oakland side a leg up: it's another penalty, this time for face mask. (22 words)

The apartment owners, who were duped by shonky developers, under laws passed by shameless politicians, should not pay a cent. (20 words)

As I remember though the frame rate was pretty shonky. (10 words)

Example sentences (4)

As I remember though the frame rate was pretty shonky.

The apartment owners, who were duped by shonky developers, under laws passed by shameless politicians, should not pay a cent.

Unrelated, I mean: not as punishment for his shonky shooting.

Seattle doing everything to give a pretty shonky Oakland side a leg up: it's another penalty, this time for face mask.

Common combinations with shonky

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shonky" in a sentence?
An example: "As I remember though the frame rate was pretty shonky." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "shonky" from authentic English texts.
What does "shonky" mean?
Shonky means: Of poor or dubious quality, shoddy, unreliable; deviously dishonest, fraudulent.
How many example sentences with "shonky" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "shonky", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.