newfangled
of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
fond of or given to novelty.
Origin of newfangled
1Other words from newfangled
- new·fan·gled·ness, noun
Words Nearby newfangled
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How to use newfangled in a sentence
After more than five hours, they unanimously agreed to take out a loan and build this newfangled idea called a treetop walk.
Wald may not have sat on this particular pink throne, but she’s had enough experience with newfangled toilet technology to earn the nickname “Queen of Loo-topia” among her peers.
‘Pipe Dreams’ flushes out hope in an unexpected place: the toilet | Maria Temming | April 6, 2021 | Science NewsFor Bainbridge, the book represents a “celebration” of the newfangled innovation and creativity behind those recipes.
Keep dry January going all year with these cutting-edge non-alcoholic cocktails | By Dan Q. Dao/Saveur | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn early February, long before the world realized we’d be in the midst of a pandemic, scientists had already nailed down the sequence and shape of the protein that eventually spurred the development of our newfangled mRNA vaccines.
Fighting Covid-19 Brought These Lasting Breakthroughs to Science and Medicine | Shelly Fan | December 29, 2020 | Singularity HubAmazon, a master of newfangled commerce, entered the very old-fashioned business of groceries with its purchase of the upscale supermarket chain.
How the Slack/Salesforce deal stacks up to history’s other Big Tech acquisitions | Jeff | December 3, 2020 | Fortune
Ali is but the latest victim of a newfangled version of the “no platform” phenomenon.
The uniform, and this newfangled authoritative role, gives her a sense of purpose.
‘Camp X-Ray,’ A Kristen Stewart-Starring Guantanamo Bay Film, Premieres at Sundance | Marlow Stern | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll I know is we won't be the ones coming up with the newfangled storytelling systems.
‘Game of Thrones’: Weiss and Benioff on Getting Hooked | Andrew Romano | May 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt times, those years feel very far away; Branch once muses on a newfangled “cellular” phone in 1994.
I suspect Cheney would frown on such newfangled appellations: so weak, so flimsy, so post-Watergate!
With the coming in of hymn books and other newfangled things the good old custom of "lining the hymn" has disappeared.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonI couldn't learn the tricks of one of these newfangled rifles.
Strange Stories of the Great Valley | Abbie Johnston GrosvenorShe has no newfangled notions about the animal character of motherhood, nor about the degrading character of housekeeping.
The Girl of the Period and Other Social Essays, Vol. II (of 2) | Eliza Lynn Lintonnewfangled notions were held in but low estimation among the miners of Stokebridge.
Facing Death | G. A. HentyBut the miners were bitterly opposed to anything "newfangled," and the owners were careless.
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson Burnett
British Dictionary definitions for newfangled
/ (ˈnjuːˈfæŋɡəld) /
newly come into existence or fashion, esp excessively modern
rare excessively fond of new ideas, fashions, etc
Origin of newfangled
1Derived forms of newfangled
- newfangledness, noun
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