Ersatz
Ersatz [ ER-zahts, -sahts, er-ZAHTS, -SAHTS ] | |
[ adjective ] | |
MEANING : | |
an artificial and usually inferior substitute or imitation | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
At the seminar they served us ersatz coffee made of chicory. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
The remaining sites would then be rebuilt in traditional style. Such conservation would not be ersatz antiquarianism but merely use appropriate materials to rescue a neighbourhood whose character should be as critical to old Kabul as saving Covent Garden was to London’s West End. |
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