Ersatz
Ersatz adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Looking like and ersatz are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Looking like" instead an adjective "Ersatz".
Looking like
Ersatz and looking like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ersatz" instead an adjective phrase "Looking like".
Both terms in one sentence
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Which leaves her looking like a six-armed Captain Ersatz of Julia Carpenter — a fact Marvel is none too happy about (in-universe, that is).
Source: Webcomic / Spinnerette - He resurfaced in 2015 at house shows and on TV, though primarily as a jobber, still bald & crazy and looking like an ersatz Kane.
Source: Aborted Arc -
In A Series of Unfortunate Events "The Ersatz Elevator" after Esme pushes the children down the elevator shaft they find the Quagmire siblings locked in cages, terrified, and looking like they've been crying.
Source: Tears of Fear
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