as in cheap
of low quality
a store full of low-rent items
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Recent Examples of low-rent
Why do your first interview looking like you’re crammed into a low-rent diner?
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Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
But none targeted the rise of Nazism in Berlin during 1929 and 1930 using a low-rent nightclub as a metaphor for apathy.
—Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
The result can be really low-rent stuff appearing on a publisher's pages.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
The film comes to seem like a low-rent mix of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
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Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
But none targeted the rise of Nazism in Berlin during 1929 and 1930 using a low-rent nightclub as a metaphor for apathy.
—Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
The result can be really low-rent stuff appearing on a publisher's pages.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
The film comes to seem like a low-rent mix of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-rent
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Read: The cost of avoiding microplastics In the mid-1990s, China emerged as the principal destination for used cups, straws, and the like; the country’s growing manufacturing sector was eager to make use of cheap, recycled raw plastic.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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My problem is, one family member opens cards that have been left there for my daughter, and puts all sorts of cheap decorations around her grave.—
Jeanne Phillips,
The Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2025
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But there is another concerning trend and area that has to be improved — their poor record on second balls.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The county’s response to the Tijuana River sewage crisis has been very poor.—
Emily Alvarenga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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Since then, however, Wells Fargo has pulled back roughly 18%, as of the close on Monday, which continued a terrible recent stretch for the overall market due to economic uncertainty stemming from concern about the impact of President Donald Trump ‘s tariffs.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Traditional networks grant access just because a device is on the network, which is a terrible idea.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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So, Apple Intelligence being inferior to Google’s offering doesn’t matter to them.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Rocky, inferior to at least three of these, will be the winner, though.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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The smell of rotten eggs, from when officials carted her off to quarantine without letting her refrigerate her groceries, is long gone.—
Vivian Wang,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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There weren’t just ‘rotten kids hanging out at the mall,’ as was said in those days.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Jayson Tatum kept the Celtics in the game most of the night with 33 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but Brown had one of his worst games of the year with just 10 points.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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The market, however, believes the opposite: That a trade war is bad, is easy to lose, and could plunge the U.S. into an avoidable recession.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
12 Mar. 2025
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My favorite combination is unsalted Irish Kerrygold butter mixed paired with clover honey and topped with coarse salt.—
Cathy Thomas,
Orange County Register,
11 Mar. 2025
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Itchy eyes and a congested nose are common in spring, although some parts of the country tend to have a worse allergy season than others.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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Cellulitis is a common bacterial infection that can affect any part of the body but is most commonly seen in the legs and feet.—
Josephine Hessert,
Verywell Health,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-rent. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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