ticky-tacky

Noun

US uncountable

(US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.

Japanese Meaning

安っぽく、低品質な建材。 / 特に均一なデザインの郊外住宅の建築に使用されることが多い建材。

Many buyers complained that the new tract homes were built with ticky-tacky.

多くの買い手が、新しい分譲住宅が安っぽく質の悪い建材で建てられていると不満を述べた。

Sense（1）

(US) Cheap, low-quality building material, especially as that used to make conventional suburban housing of a uniform design.