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US
/ˌnuˈfæŋɡəɫd/
]
[ UK /njˈuːfæŋɡəld/ ]
[ UK /njˈuːfæŋɡəld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(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.