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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial (31)
frivol1492

Frivolous, of little account, paltry, trumpery, flimsy, absurd. (In quot. 1894 merely a nonce-use.)

fustian1523

Worthless, sorry, pretentious.

triflinga1538

Of little moment or value; paltry, trumpery; insignificant, petty.

tirlery1546

? Whirling, flighty, trifling, trumpery: in a few obsolete combinations: see quots., and cf. terlerie, n.

trumpery1576

Of little or no value; trifling, paltry, insignificant; worthless, rubbishy, trashy.

mockado1577

Made of mockado. In extended use: inferior, fraudulent, sham. Obsolete.

skipjack1597

transferred. Of things.

flashy1598

figurative. Of persons and immaterial things: Trifling, destitute of solidity or purpose; void of meaning, trashy. Obsolete.

trifle1607

attributive or as adj. Trifling.

fripperya1625

Trifling; frivolous; contemptible; trumpery.

bagatelle1637

attributive or as adj. Trifling, trumpery. Obsolete.

fingle-fangled1651

tawdry1696

figurative esp. of style, diction, etc.; hence of a speaker or writer: Trumpery.

sauntering1726

Of a story: Trumpery, foolish. Obsolete.

gimcrack1751

Trivial, worthless; showy but unsubstantial; trumpery.

folderol1820

A gewgaw, trifle; a flimsy thing.

tin1886

figurative in reference to tin as a base metal, esp. in comparison with silver: Mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit. (Cf. copper, n.1 compounds…

shicec1890

Worthless, counterfeit, spurious.

cotton candy1951

Superficially attractive but without real value or integrity; insubstantial or trifling.

candyfloss1957

Superficially attractive but without real value or integrity; insubstantial or trifling.

Subcategories:

— affected or foppish (4)
— of the nature of specific things (5)
— for specific people (2)
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