meretricious
adjective /ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
(formal)- seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value
华而不实的;虚有其表的;金玉其外的 词源early 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute’, from mereri ‘be hired’) + -ous.