: low in character, cost, or prestige
low-rent thugs
a low-rent movie
a low-rent literary form

Examples of low-rent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For a low-rent version of that reminder, see below about Gibson’s new store. Nikki Baird, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Roger Corman produced a low-rent version in 1994 that was never released, while Fox and director Tim Story released a pair of films in 2005 and 2007 that received a mixed response and starred Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, future MCU actor Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024 And now, like a plot twist from a low-rent Jane Austen novel, these two seem to have developed an actual relationship. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024 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, 14 Dec. 2023 South Lake Tahoe, and to a lesser extent its sister city across the border, Stateline, Nev., is shedding its image as a haven for low-roller gamblers to the north and purveyor of low-rent roadside dive motels for ski bums to the south. Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 The setting, a kind of low-rent limbo, isn’t meant to be realistic. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023 Council members also want money to preserve existing low-rent housing, primarily older units that aren’t subsidized, and to help middle-income residents afford to buy homes. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023 Benedict Cumberbatch is a formidable actor, but Doctor Strange has always felt a bit like a low-rent Tony Stark—all the cockiness but not quite enough charm. TIME, 6 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of low-rent was in 1957

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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-rent. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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