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bottom-shelf

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Cheap or low-quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

Examples

  • a bottle of bottom-shelf wine
  • 2019, Todd Wagner: 30-Minute Overview of Come and See Instead of trusting that God's plan for us is what we desire, we try to find fulfillment in the "bottom-shelf candy" of compromise or isolation that seems right to us.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affordable, brand X, cheap and nasty, coffee-and, bargainous, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economic, economical, el cheapo, inexpensive, low-cost, low-end, low-priced, nickel, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheapshit, chintzy, crap, crappo, crappy, craptastic, crapperific, craptabulous, craptacular, cruddy, crummy, dogwater, drecky, flimsy, fourth-rate, gash, garbage, god-awful, inferior, lousy, low, low-grade, low-quality, low-rent, made in China, mid, naughty, one-star, poor, poor man's, pound-shop, punk, rinky-dink, ropy, rubbish, sad, schlocky, scrubby, second-rate, shoddy, slazy, slight, slim, subpar, shit, shite, shitty, substandard, ticky-tacky, tenth-rate, third-rate, tin-pot, trash, trashy, under par, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

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