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low-end

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: downmarket
  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottom-shelf, low-cost, low-priced, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economic, economical, el cheapo, inexpensive, low-end, nickel, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive, downmarket

Antonyms: high-end, top-shelf, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, costly, cost-prohibitive, fancy, dear, dearthful, dispendious, ex, expenny, expensive, exy, high-cost, lickpenny, million-dollar, high-priced, princely, out of sight, overdear, pricey, ruinous, spendy, spenno, spenny, splurgy, steep

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: halpa — low-quality
  • Finnish: halpis- — low-quality
  • French: bas de gamme — low-quality
  • French: entrée de gamme — low-quality
  • Polish: z dolnej półki — low-quality
  • Spanish: de gama baja — low-quality