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newfangled.

New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

10 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/UK/ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/US
  1. New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

    derogatory · disapproving · humorous · not-comparable · usually
    newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
  2. Fond of novelty.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”).

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