gimcrack
Example Sentences
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Imagine the damage such a salesman might do, stirring up dissatisfaction and unhappiness just to sell us a gimcrack agenda that we’d wish we had never bought.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
To call this tourist fare is merely to say that its appeal is generic and, yes, a bit gimcrack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2018
When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2016
The spirit of the late 1950s was brash, gimcrack modernity.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
I was never one to jump to gimcrack conclusions, and I said as much with perhaps more candour than the occasion required.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
