cheapjack

adjective

Definition of cheapjacknext
as in cheap
of low quality a cheapjack little watch that I wear on camping trips

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapjack
  1. cheap
  2. poor
  3. terrible
  4. inferior
  5. rotten
  6. bad
  7. coarse
Adjective
  • Its latest pickup, the Ford Fathom, will cost a downright cheap $28,350, which should set it up to be a massive seller.
    — Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Which explains why even modern-day Russia has recently loaded up with the cheapest possible foreign labor from former Soviet satellite states.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • Covid-19 wasn’t immediately recognized as a disease with airborne transmission with the potential to spread beyond the 6-foot social distancing measure, especially in places with poor ventilation or around activities with heavy breathing.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Crepe myrtles may not bloom due to poor pruning, low light, watering issues, weak soil, or pests.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • The delta between the disability from these diseases and the amount of funding and research being done on them is terrible.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And forty per cent was about how great Modi is and how terrible the opposition is.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • Distillers pushed for federal oversight to distinguish authentic whiskey from inferior products.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Brain MRIs also found an increase in the surface area of the inferior frontal gyrus in the MIND diet group.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of inferior
Adjective
  • The meeting comes after Lineage Logistics, which operates the 500,000-square-foot facility, has already been cited by AQMD officials for the rotten odor.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The veal barn had a smell Birdie had never smelled anywhere else—antiseptic, then sweet like a flower and rotten like manure.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotten
Adjective
  • The last war, which began in 2014, left Yemen facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even worse, Brooks directed him to contact his agent instead.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • The best type of tea to re-steep is anything that starts very potent, or features tea leaves that are on the larger, coarser side, rather than finely ground.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Basic instructions are to fill your puddler almost to the top with coarse sand.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of coarse
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