meretricious

adjective3

1. •
   Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.

   • Gloriani’s statues were florid and meretricious; they looked like magnified goldsmith’s work. — 1875
2. •
   Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
3. •
   (no longer used) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.