How to Use "meretricious" with Example Sentences

1. There is a difference between a padded bra and silicone implants-the padded bra can be safely removed after it has served its purpose ; the " porn boob " has rendered the bra meretricious , obsolete .
2. When I asked him how the macintosh might fit in his career , he interrupted me even before I got the word out . " I don 't have a career , " he said icily , implying that he was above such meretricious concepts .