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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Some cheaper tags don’t have a replaceable battery although some have rechargeable cells.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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China leads the global production of cheap goods made in large volume, such as dishes and cooking gadgets.—
Pablo Robles,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some parents worry that Alexa's high tolerance for rudeness instills poor behavior in their kids, according to Quartz.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
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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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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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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Even if the Supreme Court finds that the members are inferior officers, as the Trump administration argues, Mitchell said that category of executive branch officials still requires appointment by the president and Senate, unless Congress says otherwise.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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Gunsmoke that smells of rotten eggs wafts over the field.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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These can cause your poop to smell like rotten eggs.12 Food intolerances, like lactose intolerance or gluten sensitivity can also cause smelly poop.—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
14 Apr. 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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Thankfully, the kittens were discovered and rescued right in time before something worse fell on them.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For thick, coarse, or extra dry hair requiring more replenishment, apply after conditioner.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
18 Apr. 2025
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Cornmeal: Blue cornmeal can be used to make cornbread, cakes, and all sorts of goods that require coarse, medium, or fine meal.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2025
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On the flip side, research suggests sedentary lifestyles—which may be more common among people who live in less walkable neighborhoods—can lead to high cholesterol and high blood pressure, raising the risk of stroke or heart attack.6 Inactivity can have consequences beyond heart health, too.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
25 Apr. 2025
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Then the clams disappeared Nov. 29, 2021 Sparkman warned against taking common species for granted.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-rent. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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