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as in inexpensive
costing little
e-mail is so popular because it's a cheap way to send messages
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as in terrible
of low quality
a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it
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as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
a cheap coworker who never contributes to the collections taken up in the office
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as in lame
arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust
that was a cheap thing to say to someone who never did you any harm
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as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
the boxer's early bouts were cheap wins, but now he's moving up to the top ranks of boxing
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Recent Examples of cheap
Those QBs taken after in the second round and later come a whole lot cheaper.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
These costs have spread to consumers as eggs – traditionally a cheap form of protein – have surged in price.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Offering a cheap, convenient and effective treatment One of the biggest advantages of ready-to-use therapeutic food is that parents or other caregivers can give it to their kids at home or on the go.
—Bernard Leca, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
The other side: Vacation hotspots like Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, had some of the cheapest domestic departures among the country's 50 busiest airports.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
These costs have spread to consumers as eggs – traditionally a cheap form of protein – have surged in price.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Offering a cheap, convenient and effective treatment One of the biggest advantages of ready-to-use therapeutic food is that parents or other caregivers can give it to their kids at home or on the go.
—Bernard Leca, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
The other side: Vacation hotspots like Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, had some of the cheapest domestic departures among the country's 50 busiest airports.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheap
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Mamma Mia, 3124 E. Belknap St., was founded in 2006 by the Kaba family, pioneers of simple, inexpensive neighborhood pizza-and-pasta cafes across North Texas.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2025
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The industry took off when families wanted convenient, satisfying, and inexpensive meals.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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State of play: Cleveland is terrible at planting trees.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Effective brainstorming sessions require careful planning and prep.—
Nora Herting,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Under Jones’ careful direction, the Bulldogs do not beat themselves.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
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Despite its early successes, Robert knows the road to widespread adoption won’t be easy.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Something that won’t be easy without any attacking players.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The widespread impact of the fires, which displaced tens of thousands of people in an area with a severe shortage of affordable housing, created an extraordinary need for government services.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Charlotte Area Transit System laid out four scenarios in January for what could be affordable under the funding breakdown.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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And another research team, using data from 2015 to 2022, observed in an article available in Energy Research and Social Science that poor income distribution correlates with social unrest when fossil fuel subsidies are removed.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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And poor work conditions can hurt morale in any field.—
Jeff Weiner,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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But longtime close watchers of Epstein and his legal ordeal made the case in a series of posts on X that such a list may never emerge.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is in part due to the lack of a public airport, as the closest is an hour north on the mainland.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheap. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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