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Definition of
cardboard adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
cardboard
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈkɑrdbɔrd
/
/
[
only before noun
]
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not seeming real or genuine
a novel with superficial, cardboard characters
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cardboard
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