cheapoid

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adjective

Of inferior quality.

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Meanings

adjectivecheapoid (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableOf inferior quality.

    I explained that the real Regina Leigh must have been on Rosie O'Donnell while Doris was on Glenwood's cheapoid cable news.

    2002, Thom Eberhardt, Rat boys: a dating experience, Scholastic, page 118
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    Janice thought someone stole her cheapoid camera and ran around accusing everybody, but when we looked, it turned up in the mess under her bed.

    2011, Tamora Pierce, “Testing”, in Tortall and Other Lands, Random House, page 365

Origin

From cheap + -oid.

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APA

cheapoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapoid

MLA

“cheapoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheapoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheapoid.

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