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cardboardy

British  
/ ˈkɑːdˌbɔːdɪ /

adjective

  1. like cardboard, esp in stiffness, texture, or taste

    it becomes cardboardy if cooked too long

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The cups that I sampled from beans ground the night before resulted in thin, stale and cardboardy coffee, even when I used freshly roasted beans.

From Seattle Times Feb. 25, 2019

Most importantly, the white corn tortillas here are above average quality, tasting more of toasty white corn than your standard-issue cardboardy taco tortilla. 

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2015

Unfortunately, the more Jackson gets into Tolkien ephemera, the more he has to invent and imagine, and the more cardboardy The Hobbit seems.

From Time Dec. 18, 2012

“It happens from time to time, with those kind of cardboardy leather belts,” Santangelo continued.

From Washington Post Sep. 11, 2012

We were tired of the sugary, mass-manufactured cardboardy crap you get served in cinemas and supermarkets, and we thought we could do better.

From The Guardian Aug. 22, 2011

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