rinky-dink

Meaning

Noun

1. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) A person who is contemptible or insignificant.
2. (US, countable, informal, uncountable) A person who is contemptible or insignificant.
3. (US, countable, informal) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something of low quality.
4. (US, countable, informal) A miscellaneous object or thing; a thingy.
5. (US, archaic, informal, uncountable) Deceptive or underhanded rigmarole; deception, trickery; (countable) often preceded by the: an instance of this; a deception, swindle, a trick.
6. (US, alt-of, alternative, informal, uncountable) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“a tinkling, tinny style of music; honky-tonk”).

Adj

1. (US, informal) Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
2. (US, informal) Old-fashioned, tired; also, shabby, worn-out.
3. (US, informal) Crooked, dishonest, underhanded.
4. (US, alt-of, alternative, informal) Alternative form of rinky-tink (“tinkling and tinny”).

Opposite of

dishonest, hypocritical, insincere, little guy, nonentity, peasant, peon, pleb, plebe, prole, shady, shrimp, unfashionable, worthless person

Synonyms

deficient

meagre

raunchy

sleazy

unsatisfactory

Translations

غير مناسب

inadequat

mangelhaft

unzulänglich

unzureichend

inadäquat

inadéquat

inadeguato

incongruo

manchevole

inadeguate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪŋkɪdɪŋk/

Etymology

Origin unknown; possibly a variant of rickety (“of an object: not strong or sturdy; of a person: feeble in the joints, tottering”), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. The noun is attested earlier than the adjective.