meretricious
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to a prostitute; having the nature of prostitution / (adjective) tawdrily and falsely attractive / (adjective) superficially significant; pretentious
all of this convinced him that he had come to that revolting refuge where pitiful debauchery has made its home base, debauchery engendered by the meretricious civilization and terrible overpopulation of the capital city
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