slang
as in lame
falling short of a standard that movie was wack, even by the standards of popcorn flicks

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Recent Examples of wack That guessing game isn’t great when too much melatonin can lead to fatigue, dizziness, and confusion, among other wack side effects. Ali Finney, SELF, 19 Apr. 2024 Nathan Fielder Is Keeping It Real Nathan Fielder was pretty wack this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 Lillard couldn’t be both the good locker room guy and try to get his wack teammates shipped out of town. Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023 Tenant shall refrain from posting aggressive notes in building common areas about the wack job in Apartment 2B. Sam Spero, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023 When retrograde is in full swing everything is out of wack, so this is a good way to keep things straight. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023 As can be surmised all are certainly wack, but none so much as the original, the video for which finds Banks sprawled on zebra-skin blanket, texting on an iPhone 2, batting broken raps around like cats do half-dead mice. Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 22 Aug. 2023 Unseemly gloom is really wack. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021 My son can't have a wack rapper dad. Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
  • As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2021
  • My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.
    Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020
Adjective
  • The outlet reports that Puente would even continue to write letters to her tenants’ family members for months following their deaths in order to cover her tracks and lead the families to believe nothing was wrong.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Kohn said he was relieved to finally have a doctor who could tell him what was wrong.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Greenwashing and intentional misinformation are unacceptable, but silence from the best actors is an even bigger risk.
    Jesper Brodin, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
  • In this team, calling in sick for shady reasons is unacceptable.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Texans’ offensive line was mostly poor this season, unable to consistently protect Stroud.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Understand that poor sleep hygiene can negatively impact the quantity and quality of sleep.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Here are five foods that are technically ultra-processed but aren’t as bad for you as others.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Daily How Nike’s new CEO plans to rebound from its worst year ever Sheryl Estrada NewslettersTerm Sheet Yan-David Erlich, former Weights and Biases executive, joins B Capital as general partner Allie Garfinkle NewslettersData Sheet The key to Netflix’s blowout earnings?
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Its star players include peptides and lipids—two things eczema-prone skin is deficient in, Dr. Weinstein Velez says.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Vitamin D More than 40% of adult Americans are deficient in vitamin D. Low levels are linked to fatigue, bone pain, muscle weakness, mood disorders and cognitive decline.
    Lina Begdache, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Something drastic has to be done with this pathetic group of men masquerading as basketball players.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
  • On Vanderpump Rules, this man was smug, pathetic, punchable.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Recommended Trump moves from ‘American carnage’ to ‘a horrible betrayal’ in second inaugural Juries also convicted some on charges of seditious conspiracy, which refers to activities that undermine a state without directly attacking it.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Traffic was horrible and the private crews can’t turn on a siren, ignore traffic laws, and drive on the wrong side of the road like public firefighters.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Wack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wack. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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