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noun

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Recent Examples of gimcrack
Noun
January is a multiplex clearance sale, littered with horror movies as gimcrack as the unsold toys wheeled out after the holidays. A.a. Dowd, Chron, 5 Jan. 2023 The movie works hard to be a soulfully offbeat kiddie entertainment, an antidote to the gimcrack cynicism that has ruled too many cartoon-cutup-in-the-land-of-live-action Hollywood products. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022 The inevitable flood tide of gimcrack Biden souvenirs has yet to start in earnest, but there are some. New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020 So will the border continue to vanish in the face of nativist backlash and a trumpery, gimcrack wall? Felipe Fernández-Armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018 Science fiction on the screen had been pinched, gimcrack, borderline laughable. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018 The designer Vicki Mortimer has created a set that feels like a gimcrack warehouse, full of old ladders and lights and puppet-stage-like window frames. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimcrack
Adjective
  • Being cheap is completely foolish and a lot of people make that mistake.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Replacement filters are cheap and the reservoir holds 2.4 liters.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Multipurpose nasturtiums can be grown for their edible flowers and leaves, or enjoyed as pollinator-friendly ornamentals.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Otherwise, use of a fungicide labeled for rust control on ornamentals would be helpful.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In court, Musk and the Trump administration did not claim that Musk was an inferior officer exempt from confirmation.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Similar views applied to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, whom many Americans regarded as poor, uneducated, and inferior.
    Made by History, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The boys now harbor a terrible secret of their own.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But the point is, every team has a few terrible losses in the course of a season.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This can manifest in poor financial behaviors like excessive credit card debt, minimal savings, or impulsive investment decisions.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • From the moment the details of the agreement became known, analysts gave the deal a poor prognosis.
    TIME, TIME, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The smell of rotten eggs, from when officials carted her off to quarantine without letting her refrigerate her groceries, is long gone.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There weren’t just ‘rotten kids hanging out at the mall,’ as was said in those days.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
  • My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.
    Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Netflix has now officially been in operation for over a quarter of a century and in that time have largely upended the traditional business models around film and television, for better and worse.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The most common reason a cruise ship skips a port is bad weather.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Gimcrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimcrack. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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