as in cheap
of low quality
a store full of low-rent items
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Recent Examples of low-rent
By contrast, Doom: The Dark Ages flings the player back into the dark ages to witness a war between two factions that look like a low-rent knock-off imitation of series like Warhammer — grotesqueries and all.
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Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Hooks could go for broke with the best of them, her Sweeney Sisters musical outings alongside Nora Dunn a throwback to Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer in the duo's channeling of over-the-top low-rent showbiz glitz.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
But trailers for The Thunderbolts*, due out in May, show him fighting alongside Florence Pugh's Yelena, Wyatt Russell's John Walker, and others on a sort of low-rent Avengers team brought together by Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
She's hired various private investigators to find out her true identity, but only the low-rent Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) is still on the case.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Hooks could go for broke with the best of them, her Sweeney Sisters musical outings alongside Nora Dunn a throwback to Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer in the duo's channeling of over-the-top low-rent showbiz glitz.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
But trailers for The Thunderbolts*, due out in May, show him fighting alongside Florence Pugh's Yelena, Wyatt Russell's John Walker, and others on a sort of low-rent Avengers team brought together by Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
She's hired various private investigators to find out her true identity, but only the low-rent Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) is still on the case.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-rent
Adjective
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Their tech lets clothing companies show off a wide variety of sizes and styles—and for a whole lot cheaper.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In Flacco and Pickett, the Browns have two veteran backups on cheap contracts signed only for 2025.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But nothing has come to fruition yet because Robert's poor play has tanked his trade value.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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But academic research has consistently demonstrated that stadiums are poor drivers of economic growth and an analysis published last month found stadium projects spur little growth in local construction industries.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Skinner had a terrible time of it for much of the season.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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What is disconcerting is when campaign donors and friends & family have commuted sentences after they have been legally convicted of terrible financial crimes.—
Sanjeev Menon,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His radically inferior Black Panther sequel was rewritten in a scramble following the death of star Chadwick Boseman, and its very existence can be seen both as a testament to corporate inertia and a big, forgivable asterisk on an otherwise stellar CV.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
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That is often viewed by us profligate, protein-burning, fat-loving energy spendthrifts as an inferior form of metabolism.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Then, the rotten cherry on top: my lightweight pack, overburdened with water and ill-equipped for the task, created a patch of chafe that eventually bloomed into an open wound.—
Shawnté Salabert,
Outside Online,
28 Mar. 2025
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What rotten fortune all around, the best college player in the country – and the coolest – being ousted not by an upset but by injury.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That means more time for Rojas, who has shown more bad than good to begin this season.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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For electricity generation, water security, or for financial returns, dams are a bad investment.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hen of the Woods Sandwich from Dad’s Luncheonette 1 tablespoon coriander seeds 1 tablespoon fennel seeds 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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TikTok clued us into the power of shaving your body—mainly your she-shrubbery—using what is technically a beard trimmer, because it's designed explicitly to motor through coarse hair.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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There are common patterns like the seven-year itch or the post-empty-nest unraveling, but none of those would be fixed by a contract renewal.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Atrial fibrillation is a common type of irregular heart rhythm, and leaving it untreated can lead to a stroke.—
Eloy Geenjaar,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-rent. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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