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.