low-rent

  • 1low-rent — adjective 1. ) not expensive to rent 2. ) of a low social status or not morally good: The East Bay offers cheap apartments without the low rent image …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 2low-rent — [lō′rent′] adj. Informal 1. of, for, or like persons lacking education, refinement, etc.; lowbrow; coarse 2. inferior to others of its kind; second rate, cheap, etc. [a low rent version of Romeo and Juliet] …

    English World dictionary

  • 3low-rent — adj not expensive or not good quality used to show disapproval …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4low-rent — low′ rent′ adj. inf inf second rate; bargain basement • Etymology: 1955–60 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 5low-rent — /loʊ ˈrɛnt/ (say loh rent) adjective Colloquial 1. cheap and shoddy: low rent clothes; low rent sound effects. 2. inferior; second rate: a low rent job; a low rent actor …

  • 6low rent — 1. n. a low person; someone without grace or spirit. (Also a rude term of address.) □ Look, low rent, where is what you owe me? □ This low rent here thinks he can push Sam around, huh? 2. mod. cheap; unfashionable. □ This place is strictly low… …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 7low-rent — 1) ADJ If someone lives in a low rent house, they only have to pay a small amount of money to live there. ...a low rent housing development. 2) ADJ (disapproval) You can use low rent to describe something that is of poor quality, especially when… …

    English dictionary

  • 8low-rent — adjective Date: 1957 low in character, cost, or prestige < low rent thugs > < a low rent movie > < a low rent literary form > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9low-rent — ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : notably cheap or inferior: as a. : cheaply made or done a low rent thriller b. : low in character or manner a low rent thug c. : lacking prestige …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10low\ rent — Cheap, tacky. When John showed up in his low rent baby blue polyester tuxedo with flame stitching I knew our romance was over …

    Dictionary of american slang