chaffy

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

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo despectivo y algo anticuado que describe algo sin valor, trivial o vacío, como la paja que se separa del grano. También puede referirse a algo seco, áspero o lleno de partes fibrosas sin sustancia.

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.

   🇪🇸Afilado / Cubierto de cascarillas

   Sinónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸Sin valor o trivial

   Sinónimos: frivolousinconsequentialinsignificantnegligiblepaltrypettytriflingtrivialvaluelessworthless

   Antónimos: importantsignificantsubstantialvaluableweighty

• chaffier comparative form
• chaffiest superlative form