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low-end

American  
[loh-end] / ˈloʊˌɛnd /

adjective

Informal.
  1. relatively cheap or inexpensive of its kind.

    We don't need an expensive car—a low-end model will do.


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The new weapons are a mix of upgraded low-end arms and simplified high-end ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Zhang hopes to export 40,000 bikes to Europe in 2027, while rival manufacturer Shineray sells 90 percent of its low-end models to South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

As for the Neo, Luria told MarketWatch that Apple saw “a need to expand its addressable market and engage with younger consumers that were defaulting into Chromebooks and low-end PCs.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

The company now expects full-year earnings per share to rise at a rate at the low-end of mid-teens, compared with its previous projection for low teens growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

So if Brittany is number five on the low-income list and number eighteen on the middle-income list, you can be assured that Brittany is a decidedly low-end name.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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