low-resolution

American  

[loh-rez-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˈloʊˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

adjective

Computers.

1. of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other visual output devices that produce images that are not sharply defined (high-resolution ).

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Example Sentences

Since the mundane is where most of us live, futurists have failed to deliver even a low-resolution picture of the world in 10 or 50 years.

From The Wall Street Journal

A clock was positioned on a desk, and it looked just like Anderson’s Comet, but the low-resolution picture was so blurry that any engraving it may have had was impossible to discern.

From Los Angeles Times

The technology has skyrocketed from grainy, low-resolution images on a photo strip.

From Los Angeles Times

“Incident” is certainly less polished than its fellow nominees, forgoing interviews or resounding scores in favor of low-resolution security camera and body-cam footage to recount the police shooting of Harith “Snoop” Augustus.

From Salon

The album cover is a plain green square, with the word "brat" printed in a deliberately low-resolution Arial font.

From BBC