: 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
a store full of low-rent items
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The film around him displays similarly little interest in forcing the matter, even after Mike is released from jail — now sober for seven months — and lands a job as a cook at a low-rent hotel on the outskirts of town.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Into Jim’s low-rent but relatively settled, even happy world comes FBI agent Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson, sparky), fresh out of Quantico and ambitious to make a mark.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The new clubs are mostly low-rent affairs, with little in the way of décor or special effects, and many of them are open only one night a week.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Conspicuously anglo human characters resemble the generic design often seen in low-rent CG fare produced overseas: large heads with pristine skin and pronounced facial features.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Into Jim’s low-rent but relatively settled, even happy world comes FBI agent Nina Hayes (Rachel Hilson, sparky), fresh out of Quantico and ambitious to make a mark.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The new clubs are mostly low-rent affairs, with little in the way of décor or special effects, and many of them are open only one night a week.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Conspicuously anglo human characters resemble the generic design often seen in low-rent CG fare produced overseas: large heads with pristine skin and pronounced facial features.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-rent. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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