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low-res

American  
[loh-rez] / ˈloʊˈrɛz /

adjective

Informal.
  1. low-resolution.


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WSJ | Buy Side: Keep Kodak’s Charmera on your keychain and never miss a low-res moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

So at the end of every day, we sent him the files, low-res files, of what we’d shot that day.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

The low-res snippet of the broadcast shows a teleprompter displaying text during Harris' answer to an audience member before quickly blinking out.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2024

The text, superimposed on modified ads for high-fashion brands, asks if we are “coming to love blurry, pixelated, low-res images.”

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2023

I’d seen screenshots of IOI-1’s surface before, but they’d been low-res and taken from high orbit, just beyond the planet’s impressive defense grid.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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