: the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality
lo-fi adjective

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Thanks to social media aesthetics like TikTok's lo-fi storytelling and Instagram's casual carousels, today's consumers crave realness and transparency. Tony Pec, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 As leaders of the lo-fi indie rock sound, the musicians remained something of a secret passed among fans, their air of willful inscrutability, ambivalence toward conventional success and general irreverence inspiring a dedicated faithful that has only grown over the years. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025 Curate calming playlists with lo-fi beats, ambient sounds or acoustic tunes to set a soothing atmosphere. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 Not unlike Bridges’ Emergent Behavior, a series of similarly raw, lo-fi recordings available on his website which drill down on the idea of musical evolution, Slow Magic, 1977-1978 has also evolved, defined at times by the idea of improvisation. Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lo-fi

Word History

Etymology

low fidelity

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lo-fi was in 1957

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“Lo-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo-fi. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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