meretriciousadjective
uk/ˌmer.ɪˈtrɪʃ.əs/us/ˌmer.əˈtrɪʃ.əs/formalseeming attractive but really false or of little value:
He claims that a lot of journalism is meretricious and superficial.
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- hollowly
- pious
- preciously
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- slick
- theatrical
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Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
Not of good quality