low-rent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of low-rent
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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He never married, has no children, no savings and no retirement, does not own a home and is currently unemployed, living in a small apartment in a low-rent area of a large Southern city.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
What used to be a working-class, bohemian, low-rent neighborhood is now one of the most sought-after areas in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
“But what has that got to do with the Los Angeles low-rent public housing program? It has nothing to do with it at all.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
With some businesses and wealthier residents of the CBD moving to the more affluent northern suburbs, including the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, old commercial buildings in the city centre were turned into low-rent apartments.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023
But when a law school classmate, Charles Bliss, moved to Atlanta for a job with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, we realized that if we pooled our meager salaries, we could afford a low-rent apartment.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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