Adjective

(en adjective)

(informal) Resembling cardboard.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 11, author=Michiko Kakutani, title=Hurdles in Harvard Yard and the World Beyond, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Archie never becomes more than a cardboardy cutout figure — a well-meaning, not-too-bright social climber with a dislike of “heavy conversations,” a fellow who “wanted to wear a club tie — the right tie, not all clubs being equal.” }}