tacky
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The 22-year-old from Fife accepts that sometimes black and white shoots can feel "pretentious and tacky", but from watching the trailer, Spider-Noir feels different.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
As for the tchotchkes, they ran the gamut from tacky souvenir to sentimental heirloom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
It was spectacularly tested at the hall’s 10th anniversary, but with tacky prerecorded video and crummy amplification.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
Government auditors called out the purchase—not for being tacky but for how the worker got to the store: in a state car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Miss Celia takes to the week of warm weather, though, and actually goes outside and sits by the pool in these tacky white sunglasses and a fuzzy bathrobe.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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