adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brown had been hobbled since training camp with a balky left knee that caused him pain from the second day of practice.
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Dial-up connections were an afterthought, which is one of the reasons they tend to be so balky to use today.
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For one thing, the air conditioner in my hotel room is a bit balky .
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The balky elevator has delivered the jumpers to a tiny platform contained within the tower.
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The engram bank may be balky but enough asking will bring forth any data in it sooner or later.
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The heat is balky in the winter.
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The theory is that his balky digestion -- gummed up by too much fruit -- will now return to normal.
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The Toyota was sluggish and balky .