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tawdry

British pronunciation/tˈɔːdɹi/
American pronunciation/ˈtɔdɹi/
1

tastelessly showy

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2

made of inferior workmanship and materials

synonyms : cheapjack
shoddy
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Examples
1Over the years, tawdry tales of Julia Roberts' diva antics have become the stuff of legend, generating reams of lurid tabloid fodder.
2And there's nothing wrong with cheap, tawdry, and loveless for your first time.
3It depicted a wealthy suburban street where a tawdry web of scandal lay just below the calm surface, and it went down easy with plenty of dark humor.
4In 2001, Mathers even published an open letter to his estranged son in the tawdry British tabloid News of the World, where he claimed that he was innocent from the allegations and that he wasn't trying to reconnect for money.
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