Ticky-tacky Definition

tĭkē-tăkē
noun
Shoddy or inferior material.
Webster's New World
Things, often, specif., cheap housing, made with shoddy or inferior materials, workmanship, etc.
Webster's New World
It may also refer to tar paper.
Wiktionary
adjective
Cheap, inferior, petty, tasteless, etc.
Webster's New World
Made of shoddy material; cheaply built.
American Heritage
Marked by a mediocre uniformity of appearance or style.
Ticky-tacky rows of look-alike houses.
American Heritage
Tawdry; tacky.
American Heritage