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faddish

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for faddish.

Editorial note

Unless the company is the sort of faddish place which makes it clear that they never wear smart clothes I would personally always suit up.

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Quick take

Being or relating to a fad; trendy.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Being or relating to a fad; trendy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for faddish.

Example sentences

1

Unless the company is the sort of faddish place which makes it clear that they never wear smart clothes I would personally always suit up.

2

We just need the regulatory burdens to be consistent with the levels of societal harm and to prevent faddish uni-portfolios.

3

Maybe they are faddish, but it doesn't matter, as long as your payback period is short.

4

I find most everything faddish, but occasionaly things win out because they suck less than what we already have.

5

F95, forgiving a couple of faddish additions, is a pretty reasonable language.

6

Ergonomics aren't just faddish indulgence -- they can really make a difference.

7

I'd prefer to invest in the other type of technology instead of chasing faddish stuff.

8

The point isn't that you can insulate yourself from the fads; the point is that you should spend your career-building time on fundamental skills acquisition, and pick up faddish frameworks and languages on a JIT basis.

9

There also appears to be a strong dislike of older proven languages (don't ever mention the word C++) and a faddish obsession with newer younger languages.

10

I agree that it sounds very faddish, but that might be the whole point of the blog post - attracting talented developers.

11

It's the fault of businesspeople that programmers are faddish.

12

It's even worse with the faddish worship of interdisciplinary-ism...

Quote examples

1

Lewis in "Voyage of the Dawn Treader", written in the 1950s, ridicules vegetarianism as being faddish.

2

In my experience, this is all to often the truth: "There is also the problem that programmers tend to be somewhat faddish.

3

An unmonetized cat picture sharing app gets "valued" at $billions because it's hit some kind of faddish meme growth curve, is bought be Yahoo!

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"hot" web companies that may be faddish, and have yet to prove a model to make money, yet get all the press plus $100M investment.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use faddish in a sentence?

Unless the company is the sort of faddish place which makes it clear that they never wear smart clothes I would personally always suit up.

What does faddish mean?

Being or relating to a fad; trendy.

What part of speech is faddish?

faddish is commonly used as adjective.