: low in character, cost, or prestige
low-rent thugs
a low-rent movie
a low-rent literary form
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a store full of low-rent items
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Hooks could go for broke with the best of them, her Sweeney Sisters musical outings alongside Nora Dunn a throwback to Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer in the duo's channeling of over-the-top low-rent showbiz glitz.
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Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
But trailers for The Thunderbolts*, due out in May, show him fighting alongside Florence Pugh's Yelena, Wyatt Russell's John Walker, and others on a sort of low-rent Avengers team brought together by Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
She's hired various private investigators to find out her true identity, but only the low-rent Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) is still on the case.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
These free or low-rent apps often have huge numbers of installs.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
But trailers for The Thunderbolts*, due out in May, show him fighting alongside Florence Pugh's Yelena, Wyatt Russell's John Walker, and others on a sort of low-rent Avengers team brought together by Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
She's hired various private investigators to find out her true identity, but only the low-rent Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) is still on the case.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
These free or low-rent apps often have huge numbers of installs.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Low-rent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-rent. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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