: 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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In many cities, that produced more low-rent units than did the nascent U.S. Public Housing program.
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Time, 12 June 2025
Some might conclude, then, that the return of a proudly low-rent, late-aughts scuzz-pop princess is just another recession indicator, and a welcome one for her adoring Animals.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 30 May 2025
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.
—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
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Time, 12 June 2025
Some might conclude, then, that the return of a proudly low-rent, late-aughts scuzz-pop princess is just another recession indicator, and a welcome one for her adoring Animals.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 30 May 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for low-rent
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-rent. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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