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Definition of newfangled adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

newfangled

adjective

NAmE//ˈnuˌfæŋɡld//

[usually before noun] (disapproving)

used to describe something that has recently been invented or introduced, but that you do not like because it is not what you are used to, or is too complicated newfangled ideas about child-rearing

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