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meretricious
tawdry or tastelessly showy, vulgar; falsely or deceptively attractive;
based on pretense or insincerity
Sightings:
The gospel according to a
serial killer
Shades of meaning: cheap but not sleazy
The law on cohabitation
When caring is a liability
Original reporting on the
Sacco and Vanzetti case
When bad poems happen to good people
Church organs of ill repute
Much ado about a portrait
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