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Adjective: shonky (shonkier,shonkiest)  shóng-kee
Usage: Austral, NZ, informal
  1. Very poor in quality
    "shonky food";
    - ropey [Brit, informal], ropy [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Unreliable or dishonest
    "The used car dealer's shonky practices were exposed in a consumer report"

Derived forms: shonkiest, shonkier

See also: inferior