"screensavery" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more screensavery [comparative], most screensavery [superlative]
Etymology: From screensaver + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|screensaver|-y}} screensaver + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} screensavery (comparative more screensavery, superlative most screensavery)
  1. (informal) Resembling a screensaver. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-screensavery-en-adj-yw4vvAUA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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          "ref": "1997 January 10, Andy, “B5 Screensaver, Wallpaper Thang”, in uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5 (Usenet)",
          "text": "Anyway, I haven't seen the pack around a lot, in fact I've only seen it in a Game Zone store, and even then it was tucked away from the other screensavery bits and pieces.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, David Pogue, OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual, Bejing […]: O'Reilly, page 494",
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          "ref": "2019 May 30, Chris Klimek, “You Won't Get Much Fire From 'Godzilla: King Of The Monsters'”, in NPR, archived from the original on 2021-03-30",
          "text": "They're all very good, making their undigestibly fibrous dialogue (\"The human infection will only continue to spread,\" \"You are gambling with the lives of millions!\", etc., etc.) seem like stuff humans might say, and reacting convincingly to digitally animated calamities that, save for a few money shots of the creatures, generally have a weightless, screensavery quality.",
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