wonky
- s turned or twisted toward one side
- s inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
- He could show that he cares about today's economic troubles by throwing out proposal after wonky proposal to fix what ails us.
- He began formulating his big oil bet after reading the 1992 book Beyond the Limits, a wonky, statistics-driven--and extremely frightening--follow-up to the famed and controversial .
- Attempted to present a wonky-but-cool persona; instead occasionally came off as a show-offy- teachers-pet-know-it-all.