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as in inexpensive
costing little
e-mail is so popular because it's a cheap way to send messages
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as in terrible
of low quality
a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it
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as in stingy
giving or sharing as little as possible
a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office
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as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust
that was a cheap thing to say to someone who never did you any harm
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as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
the boxer's early bouts were cheap wins, but now he's moving up to the top ranks of boxing
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Recent Examples of cheap
People have been willing to drive further and wait in line longer to buy cheaper gas.
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Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 May 2026
The Star-Telegram service journalism team covered a range of news this week, from Fort Worth earning international recognition for its booming film industry to where to find the best cheap eats in town to a look back at how North Texas faced Ebola.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Too often, carbon fiber, while impressively stiff, comes off looking cheap or plasticky.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.
—Eva Flowe
may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
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Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 May 2026
The Star-Telegram service journalism team covered a range of news this week, from Fort Worth earning international recognition for its booming film industry to where to find the best cheap eats in town to a look back at how North Texas faced Ebola.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
Too often, carbon fiber, while impressively stiff, comes off looking cheap or plasticky.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Walmart, the second-cheapest option, was among the most disliked.
—Eva Flowe
may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheap
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This even opens the path of fixing cars to everyday citizens, since having access to hammers is relatively easy and inexpensive.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Instead, the tech sector is overflowing with novel, popular, and inexpensive, often free, products.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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Mayor and Governor are terrible.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
28 May 2026
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From scandals, to corny tactics and platforms, to terrible analysis, this gubernatorial race has been a contest to forget.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Some of Colorado's top scorers have struggled against the Golden Knights' stingy defense.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 May 2026
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Montreal’s rebuild looks like the class of the league, Buffalo is finally on the rise, and Ottawa made the playoffs off a stingy brand of possession hockey.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
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As lame as the fact that an Erewhon smoothie costs $19 is that so many of us need to be paid to be nice to each other.—
Swan Huntley,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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Santana tried to jump off the steps to clothesline Maclin but came up a bit lame.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area Kalākaua Avenue's shopping, restaurants, and nightlife are steps away, while Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor, and downtown Honolulu are easy excursions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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Aniston gave the classic style a relaxed update while appearing in an Instagram clip with Courteney Cox, opting for loose cut-off jean shorts with subtle distressing that felt casual and easy to move around in.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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The key to making housing more affordable is both building smaller starter homes that people can afford, and changing preferences so people want to live in them.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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Last year, California lawmakers amended the environmental law to prevent the measure from being abused and continuing to increase building costs in the state notorious for its affordable housing crisis.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
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At this point the Red Sox are in serious danger, and the only reason the club is even within striking distance of a playoff spot is because the rest of the American League has been so poor.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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Putumayo is one of Colombia’s poorest and most troubled regions.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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At first, the gorgeous ripe berries are evidence of how perfect our planet can be, corrupted only by the selfish impulses of a human race that’s largely uninterested in caring for anything on it when there isn’t a profit to be made.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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But really, that's pretty selfish.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 May 2026
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“Cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheap. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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