"cardboardy" meaning in English

See cardboardy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cardboardy [comparative], most cardboardy [superlative]
Etymology: cardboard + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cardboard|y}} cardboard + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cardboardy (comparative more cardboardy, superlative most cardboardy)
  1. (informal) Resembling cardboard. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cardboardy-en-adj-ykeepgKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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