Taw·dri·ness, n. Quality or state of being tawdry.
     A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress.   --Richardson.
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  tawdriness
       n : tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness,
            loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, glitz]