New
New adjective - Taking the place of one that came before.
Tacky
Tacky adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.
Usage example: a tacky old couch that needed new upholstery
Both words in one sentence
- Unfortunately for Rarity, her friends' tacky fashion sense nearly destroys her career when she displays the new dresses at a fashion show attended by an understandably offended critic.
Source: Jerkass Realization -
The new Satanic Conspiracy was a tacky version, and the Sceneshifters were a literally nebulous version in that even their own membership kept shifting whenever they changed reality.
Source: Literature / Secret Histories -
While allowing for new boundaries to be broken in the medium, Image's work in retrospect is often viewed as tacky.
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