Singaporesque

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adjective

Resembling or reminiscent of Singapore.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

adjectiveSingaporesque (comparative more Singaporesque, superlative most Singaporesque)

comparative more Singaporesque · superlative most Singaporesque

  1. Resembling or reminiscent of Singapore.

    Sounds decidedly Singaporesque. Why?

    1998 September 1, Thomas Lau, “政府干預市場是獨裁的表現”, in alt.chinese.text.big5 (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    Other major Canadian cities, while certainly not striving for Singaporesque OCD-style levels of urban cleanliness, are nevertheless pretty tidy places, where street trash is more the exception than the rule.

    2012 October 30, Derek Zeisman, “TRASH TALKIN' TIME, MONTRÉAL STYLE”, in Quid Novi, volume 34, number 5, page 8, column 2

    In Malaysia, certain drug crimes carry a 'mandatory death sentence', and when entering Brunei you'll see Singaporesque signs reading 'Warning: Death for drug traffickers under Brunei law.

    2013, Daniel Robinson, Borneo, Lonely Planet Publications, page 304

Origin

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APA

Singaporesque. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporesque

MLA

“Singaporesque.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporesque. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Singaporesque,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Singaporesque.

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