meretricious

IPA: mˈɛrɛtrˈɪʃʌs

Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
(law) Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
(obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.

Examples of "meretricious" in Sentences

This post is meritless and meretricious.
The others are meretricious and unwarranted.
He has disdained superficial or meretricious effects.
We didn't want to do anything cheap, tawdry or meretricious.
Much that was presumptuous and meretricious withered under his gaze.
I also think a lot of the criticisms of Curtis raised above are meretricious.
Trusting such a simple system feels cheap and meretricious while you're doing it.
This kind of meretricious work often relies for its effects on extra dance novelty.
The unmistakable message is that investment in the meretricious hedge fund industry is best left to hedge fund managers themselves.
Regardless of any workarounds, the fact remains that a meretricious page is placed for the majority of visitors that cannot be closed.