low-end

adjective

Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.

“Near-synonym: downmarket”

Meanings

adjectivelow-end (comparative more low-end or lower-end, superlative most low-end or lowest-end)

comparative more low-end · comparative lower-end · superlative most low-end · superlative lowest-end · alternative low end · alternative lowend

  1. Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.

    Near-synonym: downmarket

    2 more examples

    In trade, it is an almost infallible law that a hungry low-end market, an eager dumping grouund for the shoddiest work, is an irresistible market force.

    1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 81

    12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift With the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Romano and Leary mainly sound bored, droning through their lines as if they’re simultaneously texting the contractors building the additions on their houses funded by their fat sequel paychecks.

    Synonyms: bottom-shelf, low-cost, low-priced, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie · Antonyms: high-end, top-shelf, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, costly

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Finnish halpa, halpis-
  • halpalow-quality
  • halpis-low-quality
French bas de gamme, entrée de gamme
  • bas de gammelow-quality
  • entrée de gammelow-quality
Polish z dolnej półki
  • z dolnej półkilow-quality
Spanish de gama baja
  • de gama bajalow-quality
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APA

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Chicago

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