Meaning & use
tinny
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Having a thin, metallic sound, or resembling cheap tin in quality or appearance.
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The old radio produced a tinny sound that made the music hard to enjoy.
Her laptop speakers sounded tinny compared to the external ones.
A note on using this word
Literally derived from "tin," the word is now used almost entirely to criticize poor audio quality.
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metalliccheap-sounding
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