meretriciousness

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Herewith three examples of slovenliness, even meretriciousness, regarding facts:

From Washington Post • May 5, 2020

The evident sincerity of his frequently reiterated belief that exporters to the United States pay the tariffs that U.S. importers and consumers pay is more alarming than mere meretriciousness would be.

From Washington Post • May 29, 2019

Reading it becomes a suspenseful exercise in disbelief, in which the reader is sustained, as well as stunned, by Cain's inexhaustible capacity for compounding meretriciousness.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has stormed at pretension and what he considers meretriciousness or bad taste.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unconsciously he was comparing this sickening meretriciousness with the delightful reserve and dignity of another environment, and he felt the quick shame of a schoolboy detected in his first illicit adventure.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank