meretricious
Example Sentences
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“Shakespeare in Love” kidnapped its subject to force him into a flimsy and meretricious romcom; “Hamnet” reduces the concept of tragedy to actors being extremely sad.
Or maybe, seen with a cold eye, meretricious.
From New York Times
These shows raised the bar for musical drama and proved to Broadway that meretricious soullessness isn’t the only way.
From Los Angeles Times
The economic crash of 1929 descended on America like an ice age, ending a meretricious prosperity.
From Salon
His work wasn’t a branch of publicity even as it sought to elevate the truly excellent from the meretricious.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
