ticky-tacky

Etymology
Probably of. Apparently coined by in the early 1960s (see quotation, below).

Noun

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

Adjective

 * 1)  Made of this material; cheaply built, of low quality.
 * 2)  Inferior, minor, trivial.
 * 1)  Inferior, minor, trivial.