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adjective
Date: 1957
low in character, cost, or prestige <low-rent thugs> <a low-rent movie> <a low-rent literary form>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
low-rent
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low-rent — adjective 1. ) not expensive to rent 2. ) of a low social status or not morally good: The East Bay offers cheap apartments without the low rent image … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
low-rent — [lō′rent′] adj. Informal 1. of, for, or like persons lacking education, refinement, etc.; lowbrow; coarse 2. inferior to others of its kind; second rate, cheap, etc. [a low rent version of Romeo and Juliet] … English World dictionary
low-rent — adj not expensive or not good quality used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
low-rent — low′ rent′ adj. inf inf second rate; bargain basement • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
low-rent — /loʊ ˈrɛnt/ (say loh rent) adjective Colloquial 1. cheap and shoddy: low rent clothes; low rent sound effects. 2. inferior; second rate: a low rent job; a low rent actor …
low rent — 1. n. a low person; someone without grace or spirit. (Also a rude term of address.) □ Look, low rent, where is what you owe me? □ This low rent here thinks he can push Sam around, huh? 2. mod. cheap; unfashionable. □ This place is strictly low… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
low-rent — 1) ADJ If someone lives in a low rent house, they only have to pay a small amount of money to live there. ...a low rent housing development. 2) ADJ (disapproval) You can use low rent to describe something that is of poor quality, especially when… … English dictionary
low-rent — ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : notably cheap or inferior: as a. : cheaply made or done a low rent thriller b. : low in character or manner a low rent thug c. : lacking prestige … Useful english dictionary
low\ rent — Cheap, tacky. When John showed up in his low rent baby blue polyester tuxedo with flame stitching I knew our romance was over … Dictionary of american slang
low\ rent — Cheap, tacky. When John showed up in his low rent baby blue polyester tuxedo with flame stitching I knew our romance was over … Dictionary of american slang
