low-rent
low-rent
Definition
low·-rent (lō′rent′)
adjective
- of, for, or like persons lacking education, refinement, etc.; lowbrow; coarse
- inferior to others of its kind; second-rate, cheap, etc. a low-rent version of Romeo and Juliet
low-rent
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- housing: To solve the housing crisis the SEP proposes an emergency program of low-rent housing construction.
- office: It turns out that the low-rent offices - or at least a minimal back office - are a key part of the Zopa proposition.
- flat: As regards the 53 low-rent flats, we might wonder who will want to occupy flats built above a drugs treatment center.
Browse dictionary entries near low-rent
- low relief
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- low-pitched
- low-pass filter
- low-order mode
- low-necked
- low-minded
- low-rise
- low-spirited
- Low Sunday
- low-tech
- low-tension
- low-test
- low tide
- low-tier
- low voltage
- low water
