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Newfangled Definition & Meaning

newfangled
adjective
  1. (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"

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What does newfangled mean?
(of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never uses them"
What part of speech is newfangled?
Newfangled is an adjective.

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