low-rent
[ loh-rent ]
/ ˈloʊˈrɛnt /
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adjective
Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
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Origin of low-rent
First recorded in 1975–80
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British Dictionary definitions for low-rent
low-rent
adjective
informal cheap and inferiorlow-rent films
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