Meretricious /(?)/

Mer·e·tri·cious

Meretricious

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
  2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
  3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading; insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.