Resembling chaff in appearance, texture, or quality; light and insubstantial like husks.
From chaff plus the -like suffix meaning 'resembling.' Describes things that share qualities with chaff.
Calling something 'chafflike' is a poetic way of saying it's basically worthless—the metaphor works because chaff literally IS the worthless part separated from grain!
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