Definition of "tawdrier" []

• Comparative form of tawdry: more tawdry (adjective)

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• "Patriotism is always in the eye of the beholder, so why is Karzai's patriotism tawdrier than that of the executives of Lockheed and Boeing who still build planes designed to evade Soviet air defenses that were never created?"
• "The sport has also found itself at the center of some of Washington's tawdrier influence scandals in recent years, including those Jack Abramoff junkets to Scotland."
• "Young said he turned down as many as eight offers to adapt his book from "reputable" writers and filmmakers -- whom he declined to identify -- until Sorkin won him over with his intent not to focus the film entirely on the tawdrier aspects of his story."