tacky

Example Sentences

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But some executives viewed the endeavor as tacky.

From Los Angeles Times

Advertising on uniforms is tacky, and we’ll have to see how the expanded playoff field plays out in practice; from here, 12 teams seems like too many.

From New York Times

What you are looking for is a stretchy dough that is smooth, shiny and still just a little bit tacky.

From Washington Post

If the cabinets still feel a bit tacky after one application, go over them a second time.

From Seattle Times

Then swirling clouds are projected onto the scrim — a tacky recurring “visual intermezzo,” as it is called in the credits — and a maid enters.

From New York Times