jankier

Even more broken

Jankier is the comparative form of janky, meaning more rickety, unreliable, or poorly made.

Something jankier than something else is shoddier or more likely to malfunction: This old laptop is even jankier than my last one.

The word carries a tone of casual dismissiveness about quality or functionality.

physical

rickety

Unsteady, liable to collapse

ramshackle · flimsy · loose · rattling · creaky · lopsided · crooked · unsteady · precarious · tottering

software

buggier

More prone to malfunctions

unstable · unpolished · broken · clunky · unreliable · spaghetti code · workaround · patched · cobbled · bodged

aesthetic

rougher

More coarse-textured

amateurish · low-budget · DIY · homemade · tacky · slapdash · thrown together · unfinished · raw · scrappy

Opposites
quality/polish

jankiersmoother

More even, less coarse

sleeker · cleaner · slicker · classier · higher-quality

reliability/stability

jankiersturdier

More solidly constructed

better-built

Family

jankiest, jankiness

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Used worldwide · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G