chintzy

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They simply were very unconvincing products - the interiors were chintzy, the engines are mediocre (either inefficient or underpowered, take your pick) the recent redesigns were actually steps backwards in the eyes of some journalists (I'm thinking Liberty and Sebring here).

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or decorated with chintz.
  2. adjective Gaudy; trashy: chintzy merchandise.
  3. adjective Stingy; miserly.

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  • Warminster ushered her into a chintzy, low-ceilinged living room with bowls of sweet-smelling free-sias scattered around. —  Common Murder—Val McDermid - Lindsay Gordon 02
  • They simply were very unconvincing products - the interiors were chintzy, the engines are mediocre (either inefficient or underpowered, take your pick) the recent redesigns were actually steps backwards in the eyes of some journalists (I'm thinking Liberty and Sebring here). —  Autoblog
  • Axelrod is phlegmatic, Plouffe is chintzy, and neither one wants to waste money on lots of new ads that aren't part of their game plan. —  The RBC
  • Righteous Kill is the kind of chintzy genre flick that would go direct-to-DVD if it starred, say, Chuck Norris and James Brolin, instead of a pair of beloved Oscar winners. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Except the president of the United States renegotiating his mortgage does look a little chintzy -- besides bringing up a few too many reminders of that funky —  NBC Philadelphia - Top Stories
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