Definition of "newfangled"

newfangled

/ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/

adjective
not comparable
1. (usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.
  Quotations
  Premier Mussolini operated a “new-fangled automobile” driven by electricity on a trial run yesterday, the German Transocean agency reported in a wireless transmission to the United States recorded by the New York Times.
  1942 September 6, “Mussolini Takes Wheel; Tries Out ‘New-Fangled’ Auto Driven by Electricity”, in The New York Times‎
  From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
  1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5
  I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
  1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, page 194
2. Fond of novelty.