: the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality
lo-fi
adjective
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The film is a campy, lo-fi riff on the Frankenstein story and follows a lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
But Gallardo clandestinely documented her experience there; in the exhibition, a short, lo-fi video shows her hands slowly caressing those of Estela, an ailing senior citizen and former street worker who lived at Casa Xochiquetzal.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Any edge comes from their regular scene partners: Wilson’s believably unpleasant demeanor, Bratt’s vulnerable charm, Scott’s lo-fi depression and, most appealingly, Driver’s intelligent wariness.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The Web site is decidedly more lo-fi than the one that inspired it, but what IMCDb lacks in design and technical grace it more than makes up for with meticulous screenshots and savant-like comprehensiveness.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
But Gallardo clandestinely documented her experience there; in the exhibition, a short, lo-fi video shows her hands slowly caressing those of Estela, an ailing senior citizen and former street worker who lived at Casa Xochiquetzal.
—Fabiola Iza, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Any edge comes from their regular scene partners: Wilson’s believably unpleasant demeanor, Bratt’s vulnerable charm, Scott’s lo-fi depression and, most appealingly, Driver’s intelligent wariness.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The Web site is decidedly more lo-fi than the one that inspired it, but what IMCDb lacks in design and technical grace it more than makes up for with meticulous screenshots and savant-like comprehensiveness.
—airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lo-fi
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“Lo-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo-fi. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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