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  1. n. Having the quality of tin, particularly in the sense of being a cheap, low quality metal.
  2. n. The thin, unpleasant sound of an instrument made of tin, or any tinny object used to make a sound.

Examples

  • “The mournful sound of gulls, the breakers crashing, whistles of lifeguards, low tinniness of teenagers' radios.”

    Fictionaut: A Cool Dry Place PART 1

  • “HP Envy laptops have high-quality speakers, isolated audio circuitry to reduce noise, and headphone jacks specially designed to eliminate interference, giving mind-blowing bass and clear, crisp high notes without any background buzz or tinniness.”

    The Guardian: Take the ultimate entertainment system wherever you go

  • “The film comes in an excellent black and white full frame transfer; sound production on most of the interior scenes has the tinniness one comes to associate with low budget drive-in films.”

    GreenCine Daily: DVDs, 3/20.

  • “I am too shocked at the tinniness of this to hold back my reaction.”

    Archive 2009-07-01

  • “Also, there was a problem with the SurroundSound at the Castro Theatre according to an opera employee, and the crappy tinniness of the very loud sound was frankly inexcusable.”

    Archive 2008-04-01

  • “Furthermore, while agnosticism is a comfortable default pattern for many, from an intellectual perspective it conveys a certain tinniness.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Language of God

  • “While gesturing to the exact tinniness of his balls.”

    Think Progress » O’Reilly Misfires In ‘War On Christmas’ Attack On Crate & Barrel

  • “Claire was not repulsed by their naked tinniness; and the coffee in the broken-handled china cup was tolerable.”

    Free Air

  • “Erbsenwurst, tinned beef of surpassing tinniness, compressed vegetables, and meat-biscuits may be nourishing, but what”

    Life's Handicap

  • “Erbswurst, tinned beef of surpassing tinniness, compressed vegetables, and meat-biscuits may be nourishing, but what”

    Soldier Stories

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‘tinniness’ has been looked up 147 times, added to 1 list, and has a Scrabble score of 9.