chintzy

Example Sentences

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Back then, IBM certainly wouldn’t have hired weird longish-haired geeks like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were working with chintzy little microprocessors that paled in comparison with IBM’s mighty mainframes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

It’s a bit chintzy for the United States of America to accept a used plane from another country for its presidential transport.

From Slate • May 17, 2025

We take a deep breath as the chintzy, 90-minute holiday sewage piles onto us, ready to watch it all and come out victorious on the other side.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

“At first, it’s like a prison,” his father added, speaking over the chintzy grupero music that blared from an electronic jukebox.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

The chintzy chair is nice and roomy, and I don’t resist pulling my legs up into it.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali