trashiness

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trash·y

(trăsh′ē)

adj. trash·i·er, trash·i·est

1. Resembling or containing trash; cheap or worthless: trashy merchandise.

2. In very poor taste or of very poor quality: "There was a special pathos ... within ... her trashy tales" (James Wolcott).

trash′i·ly adv.

trash′i·ness n.

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Noun

trashiness - the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better

shoddiness

worthlessness, ineptitude - having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"

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