fangled
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˈfæŋɡəld/
- Informal
:
moderno
- I've never dealt with one of these new-fangled hostage-based contract negotiations before.
- new-fangled
Examples
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Why not inundate us with a menagerie of new-fangled, superpowered animals at the eleventh hour?
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Forbade in his dual way the boy ever to have anything to do with this new-fangled filmmaking ever again.
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Clearly, there must be something in this new-fangled office of yours that can help me!
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But what was this new-fangled class of tour like?
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A new-fangled style of fighting he's got.
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Bertie's got that new-fangled central heating in.
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Prob'ly one o' them new-fangled models.
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The car does not have Wi-Fi unless it is one of those new-fangled cars that come with its own hotspot.
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And then the new-fangled mores swamped me unawares.
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Everyone is talking about the new-fangled smartphone features that make life easier.
Synonyms
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7.9
Recently made and thought too modern or unnecessary
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7.4
Popular for a short time because of a passing trend
Fashionable for a short time like a passing trend
Antonyms
How Modern
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fangled comes from an older word fangle that meant 'a new, showy thing' and is like the word 'fancy', so fangled describes something newly made and often seen as too modern or unnecessary.