adjective
- recently developed or invented, especially in a way that seems unnecessarily complicated or different from traditional methods
Usage: often implies disapproval or skepticism
Examples
- My grandfather refuses to use any of these newfangled smartphones.
- She prefers cooking with traditional methods rather than newfangled kitchen gadgets.
- The newfangled security system is too complicated for most employees to understand.
- He dismissed the newfangled teaching methods as unnecessary changes.
- These newfangled exercise machines don’t seem any better than the old ones.
- The company’s newfangled approach to customer service has confused many clients.