Trashy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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Examples of trashy in a Sentence

Her outfit was a bit trashy. I know that sequined shirt cost a lot of money, but I still think it looks kind of trashy.

Carmel teacher's family road trip across the U.S. takes a 'trashy' turn Recycling topics are, indeed, one of the most popular questions Hoosiers submit on our Scrub Hub form. — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024

The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie. — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023

But Statham is one of the few above-the-title names that’s instantly synonymous with a kind of pulpy, trashy, cinema du bloody knuckles. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024

Step back, though, and the recent stock upswing needn't look so trashy, argues Jon Sindreu for Heard on the Street. — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023

This is the trashy side of the news, against which respectable journalism defines itself. — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023

And maybe part of the anger is that this was a (trashy) grand illusion that in certain ways implicated us all. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2023

There’s the show that Gosselaar is in, which might be trashy fun but is too similar to too many recent shows about charismatic serial offenders to count. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023

Yards smothered with slimy, brown leaves look trashy, like nobody cares. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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“Trashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trashy. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024.

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