meretricious
adjective /ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
(formal)- seeming attractive, but in fact having no real valueWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute’, from mereri ‘be hired’) + -ous.