newfangled
adjective
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Newfangled is actually a pretty old word: it dates all the way back to the 15th century, having developed from the even older adjective newfangle. In its earliest documented uses, newfangled described a person who was fond of new fashions, ideas, etc. In current usage, the word typically—and often deprecatingly—describes anything that is new, hip, hot, or happening, such as cutting-edge technology or popular slang. Other times it is used with irony for something, such as rock music, that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
Examples of newfangled in a Sentence
Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Saudi Arabia’s regional headquartering policy is yielding some newfangled definitions of a corporate territory.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
But Cézanne’s newfangled fracturing of old-fashioned still lifes and landscapes became the very motor of modernism.
—J. S. Marcus, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
The first Farmer’s Fridge opened at the Garvey Food Court at Clark and Lake streets, a downtown mélange of fast-food offerings such as Dunkin’ Donuts, Popeyes and McDonald’s that also featured a newfangled salad vending machine in the middle.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Newfangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newfangled. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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