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[ US /ˌnuˈfæŋɡəɫd/ ]
[ UK /njˈuːfæŋɡə‍ld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new
    newfangled ideas
    she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them

How To Use newfangled In A Sentence

  • a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  • newfangled ideas
  • Composites cost up to eight times as much as aluminum, and the newfangled plane will require suppliers to retool the manufacturing process.
  • It seems that happiness today has been reduced to acquiring newfangled gadgets, gizmos or gigagobblers that do absolutely everything but clean the kitchen sink.
  • I can wind my horn, though I call not the blast either a recheate or a morte — I can cheer my dogs on the prey, and I can flay and quarter the animal when it is brought down, without using the newfangled jargon of curee, arbor, nombles, and all the babble of the fabulous Sir Ivanhoe
  • The pivotal moment came, we're told, when newfangled plastic wheels made skateboards infinitely faster and smoother than they'd ever been before.
  • Already newfangled buildings and palatial houses mimicking every form of modern architecture have come up on former farmlands.
  • Democrat energy solutions have basically been a lot like those newfangled curlicue light bulbs," she complained, calling the doggone things "too expensive. The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com
  • He'll think it's some sort of newfangled fashion.
  • He rambles and manhandles the equipment, testily blaming newfangled technology when he has difficulty with basic tasks such as placing a compact disc in a player.
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