: of, relating to, or being the lowest priced merchandise in a manufacturer's line
broadly : inexpensive

Examples of low-end in a Sentence

a low-end stereo system that's good enough for casual listening
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Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips are together offering 295 works for a low-end estimate of $952 million combined, according to ArtTactic. Robert Frank, CNBC, 9 May 2025 The headphones will satisfy bass lovers, as their default EQ provides booming—but not overpowering—low-end. PC Magazine, 6 May 2025 Why Trade Policy Leaves Small Businesses Exposed The truth is low-end manufacturing is unlikely to return to the U.S. because the jobs typically offer low wages that fail to attract American workers, especially when safer, higher-paying alternatives are available in other sectors. Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 That dilemma begins by accepting a structural reality: the United States will always run a trade deficit with China because Americans have no desire to reclaim low-end manufacturing jobs from Chinese factories. Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for low-end

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of low-end was in 1899

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“Low-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-end. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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