Translations for „meretricious“ in the English » German Dictionary

mer·etri·cious [ˌmerɪˈtrɪʃəs, Am -əˈ-] ADJ form

1. meretricious (false):

meretricious

trügerisch

meretricious

unwirklich

2. meretricious (pretentious):

meretricious lifestyle

protzig

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Both parts of this packaging are meretricious and disingenuous.

blogs.discovermagazine.com

Meretricious means tawdry or offensively insincere and does not mean meritorious.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Of course, this is entirely meretricious, and largely at odds with the real world.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Showing that a website operates through a meretricious business model is not enough to strip away those protections.

news.nationalpost.com

It allowed it to be meretricious rubbish.

www.spectator.co.uk

Despite these drawbacks, the popularity of content has ensured that it can be found on most major websites, perpetually tantalizing us with its meretricious charms.

www.theverge.com

One only has to consider the case being made for fixed terms to begin to understand how meretricious it is.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sport, in full view, the meretricious breast.

en.wikipedia.org

Artistically, the films in question range from the majestic to the meretricious.

www.newyorker.com

We aren't like them - vain, duplicitous and meretricious.

www.bbc.co.uk