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chaffy

/ˈtʃæf.i/

Übersetzung: Veraltetes Adjektiv für etwas, das wertlos, leicht oder leer wie Spreu ist; auch für etwas Unbedeutendes oder Oberflächliches.

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adjective

formalcommonveraltet/ˈtʃæf.i/

An obsolete adjective meaning worthless, light, or empty, like chaff.

  • 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv für etwas, das wertlos, leicht oder leer wie Spreu ist; auch für etwas Unbedeutendes oder Oberflächliches.
  1. Covered with or resembling chaff C1 formal

    Abounding in, covered with, or consisting of the dry husks of grain or seeds.

    • The farmer swept up the chaffy remains from the threshing floor.
    • The bread had a chaffy texture due to the unrefined flour.
    • Chaffy material often blows away in the wind during harvest.

    🇩🇪Spelzig

    Synonyme: husky

  2. Worthless or trivial C2 formal

    Lacking real value or substance; frivolous or insignificant.

    • The report was filled with chaffy details that added no real insight.
    • He dismissed the chaffy arguments as irrelevant to the main issue.
    • The conversation turned chaffy, focusing on gossip rather than important matters.

    🇩🇪Wertlos oder trivial

    Synonyme: frivolousinconsequentialinsignificantnegligiblepaltrypettytriflingtrivialvaluelessworthless

    Antonyme: importantsignificantsubstantialvaluableweighty

  • chaffier comparative form
  • chaffiest superlative form