1
: contemptible, base
a low-down dirty liar
2
: deeply emotional
low-down blues
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Examples of lowdown in a Sentence
Noun
have you heard the lowdown on the new chairman of the department?
Adjective
of all the low-down tricks that have ever been played in the history of that game
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Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
Lab lowdown: Our testers loved the convenience of meals and that everything just needed to be quickly re-heated, no additional preparation was necessary just heat and serve.
—goodhousekeeping.com, 18 May 2023
Iman Balagam, Allure, 1 Sep. 2024
Two tomatoes sat ripening on the dining-room table, and pencil marks remained on the doorframe from his kids’ heights growing up, with a few low-down marks for their dog.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Noun
Ditching your wife for the empty promise of an online affair is a rotten, cowardly, lowdown way out.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
Lab lowdown: Our testers loved the convenience of meals and that everything just needed to be quickly re-heated, no additional preparation was necessary just heat and serve.
—goodhousekeeping.com, 18 May 2023
Adjective
Get the low-down on the best primers for mature skin, plus, insight from cosmetic chemists and makeup artists.
—Iman Balagam, Allure, 1 Sep. 2024
Two tomatoes sat ripening on the dining-room table, and pencil marks remained on the doorframe from his kids’ heights growing up, with a few low-down marks for their dog.
—Ellyn Gaydos, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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“Lowdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowdown. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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lowdown
noun
low·down
ˈlō-ˌdau̇n 
: reliable information
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