dinkier; dinkiest
: overly or unattractively small
drives a dinky little car
Examples of dinky in a Sentence
I used to drive a dinky little car.
recent college graduates crowding into a dinky New York City apartment
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But when fans arrived at the festival site, they were greeted with little more than dinky tents, grounds that resembled a refugee camp, and cheese sandwiches.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Her dinky dimensions are a small piece of Pearl’s story, though a large part of Semler’s.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
There's a wind-deflecting screen, which would only make sense if this thing's designed to gallop at north of 50 miles an hour (80 km/h), and behind that, a dinky little full-color dash.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
Small storage space in the K4 is on the paltry side, as the center console is pretty dinky and the door pockets shallow.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Her dinky dimensions are a small piece of Pearl’s story, though a large part of Semler’s.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
There's a wind-deflecting screen, which would only make sense if this thing's designed to gallop at north of 50 miles an hour (80 km/h), and behind that, a dinky little full-color dash.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2025
Small storage space in the K4 is on the paltry side, as the center console is pretty dinky and the door pockets shallow.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Dinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinky. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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