wonky

adj. Chiefly British, -ki·er, -ki·est.

1. Shaky; feeble.
2. Wrong; awry.

[Probably alteration of dialectal wanky, alteration of wankle, from Middle English wankel, from Old English wancol, unsteady.]

[from Australian slang] Yet another approximate synonym for broken. Specifically connotes a malfunction that produces behavior seen as crazy, humorous, or amusingly perverse. “That was the day the printer's font logic went wonky and everybody's listings came out in Tengwar.” Also in wonked out. See funky, demented, bozotic.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: turned or twisted toward one side
  Synonyms: askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff

Meaning #2: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
  Synonyms: rickety, shaky, wobbly

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vakkelvorn, upålidelig, skrøbelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
wankel

Français (French)
adj. - (GB) de traviole, bancal, flageolant (des jambes), détraqué (un appareil), déglingué (un genou)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Slang), schief, wackelig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξεχαρβαλωμένος, σαραβαλιασμένος, ασταθής, αναξιόπιστος

Italiano (Italian)
traballante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mal colocado ou com mau funcionamento

Русский (Russian)
хилый (о человеке), ненадежный (о вещи), не работающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inseguro, tambaleante, precario, débil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ostadig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
动摇的, 靠不住的, 摇晃的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 動搖的, 靠不住的, 搖晃的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흔들흔들하는, 불안정한, 하찮은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぐらぐらする, つまらない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متزعزع, متقلقل, معتل, غير واثق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רעוע, חלש, רופף, עקום, שאי אפשר לסמוך עליו‬

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