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meretricious

adjective

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Attractively showy but lacking genuine worth.

The critic dismissed the meretricious display of borrowed ideas.
Dictionary practice example.
Its meretricious glitter concealed poor workmanship.
From Vocabulary Studio 42: Maxim to misanthrope.
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