schlocky
Example Sentences
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In the absence of novelty, the franchise’s flaws — schlocky dialogue, uninspired CGI, paper-thin baddies — are glaring.
From Washington Post
Following what was then a familiar career trajectory, he started in TV before moving into film, and was soon terrifying Olivia de Havilland in the schlocky 1964 thriller “Lady in a Cage.”
From New York Times
The comedians John Early and Kate Berlant star in this one-off special, framed as an icy reunion between the stars of a schlocky sitcom called “He’s Gay, She’s Half Jewish.”
From New York Times
There’s no sense of that schlocky fun in this musical at all.
From Seattle Times
It's like the artist who makes a beautiful picture, but is not content then to churn out schlocky copies of that for tourists for the next forty years.
From Salon
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