Adjective

(en-adj)

Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.

:The object had a tinny appearance.

Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.

:The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.

Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.

:The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Lacking meaning.

Insignificant; not worthy of importance.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless .}}