Tokenish (Adjective)
Meaning
Insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company made a tokenish effort to improve working conditions, but it was clear they weren't serious about it.
- The new policy was met with tokenish resistance from a few employees, but most just went along with it.
- The government's tokenish response to the crisis was widely criticized as inadequate.
- The charity donation was tokenish at best, and many felt it was just a publicity stunt.
- The politician's tokenish apology for the scandal was seen as insincere by many voters.