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as in goofy
lacking in seriousness or maturity
a frothy comedy that wouldn't exert the brain of a gnat
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as in insubstantial
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
the sort of frothy costumes worn by Las Vegas showgirls
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Recent Examples of frothy
Outside of the frothy boom-and-bust business of building small offshore oilfield support vessels, American shipbuilding has long been a sleepy, low-margin affair, driven only by a handful of Jones Act cargo ships certified to carry U.S. cargos from one U.S. port to another.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory View 2 Images A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), using lasers with a silver metal foam that's as light as air, has created the brightest yet X-ray source ever, twice as brilliant as that of anything previous.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Ask for one at a dive or an airport lounge, and the only thing likely to get frothy is your annoyed bartender.
—John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Most frothers make a stiff frothy foam that sits on top of the milk, which isn't great for lattes or cappuccinos.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory View 2 Images A frothy breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), using lasers with a silver metal foam that's as light as air, has created the brightest yet X-ray source ever, twice as brilliant as that of anything previous.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 15 Jan. 2025
Ask for one at a dive or an airport lounge, and the only thing likely to get frothy is your annoyed bartender.
—John Hodgman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Most frothers make a stiff frothy foam that sits on top of the milk, which isn't great for lattes or cappuccinos.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frothy
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The difference is subtle, but the fine filter creates milk that's a bit bubblier than the ultrafine filter.—
Jaina Grey,
WIRED,
12 Jan. 2025
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But concerts also start feeling poppier and bubblier in springtime, perhaps in anticipation of the even warmer, wilder and grander music events of festival-frenzied summertime.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
24 Mar. 2024
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As his goofy face is soon detached from the rest of his body and tossed around the room like a hot potato, blood spraying in all directions, the class is left traumatized and Mr. Bunting’s dismissal suddenly starts to feel slightly warranted.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The premise: Jim (Will Ferrell) is a goofy widowed dad whose daughter Jenni (Geraldine Viswanathan) has gotten engaged; Margot (Reese Witherspoon) is an uptight businesswoman whose younger sister Neve (Meredith Hagner) has gotten engaged.—
Moira MacDonald / Seattle Times,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2025
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But, taking these study findings from here all the way down the drug development pipeline to where there’s a safe and effective new drug on the market is expected to take a long time and a not insubstantial amount of money.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2025
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With a not insubstantial piece of Mexico’s economy reliant on production stateside, a cessation of those inflows will logically impoverish a big number of those formerly sustained directly by remittances.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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When foamy bubbles = art Remember foam parties, that cultural phenomenon that got inexplicably popular in the 1990s that had people dancing around in a room of foamy bubbles?—
Randy McMullen,
The Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Place heavy whipping cream in a large bowl, and beat with an electric mixer on low speed until thick and foamy, about 1 minute.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2025
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The crowd got loose and giddy as Dončić was introduced last, conspicuously after LeBron James.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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The movie concludes with a twenty-two-minute take that’s too giddy a jolt to spoil.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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The soap combines with the minerals in the water to leave a filmy residue on your hands.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
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Out sprawled a wild sea of glass eyes, silver spurs and mystery elixirs locked into filmy jars.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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Today, Sophia Smith, a Colorado kid whose commute from Windsor and dedication to soccer makes my story look silly, is making more than $500,000 a year in her new contract with the Portland Thorns, and reports say her outside contracts and sponsorships are worth another $1.2 million.—
Megan Schrader,
The Denver Post,
9 Feb. 2025
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The way bacon is packaged in this country is silly.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2025
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Salads Salads don’t have to feel flimsy or unsubstantial.—
Katie Workman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2023
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From a personal finance perspective, people with extra cash should feel free to put an unsubstantial portion of their wealth into high-risk, high-volatility assets like crypto or meme stocks or even Super Bowl bets (thanks for the two-touchdown performance, Cooper Kupp).—
Scott Nover,
Quartz,
14 Feb. 2022
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“Frothy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frothy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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