: 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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With very few exceptions, low-rent buildings are run down, services are almost impossible to obtain, and except for the fact that New Yorkers have been so brutalized by their living conditions, such housing would be uninhabitable.
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Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
By Ben Christopher and Marisa Kendall, CalMatters California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the next decade.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
By Ben Christopher and Marisa Kendall | CalMatters California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the next decade.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
By Ben Christopher and Marisa Kendall, CalMatters California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the next decade.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
By Ben Christopher and Marisa Kendall | CalMatters California lawmakers are preparing for a historic surge in federal funding for affordable housing construction, a tsunami of subsidy that advocates say could as much as double the number of low-rent units produced by the state over the next decade.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
Warren Beatty plays McCabe, a drifter and fast-talker who falls in with, and falls in love with, Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), a madam who offers to improve business at his low-rent brothel.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-rent. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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