low-rent

[ loh-rent ]
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adjective
  1. Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.

Origin of low-rent

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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How to use low-rent in a sentence

  • I am compelled to believe that in the old period the peasants enjoyed their little holdings at a very low rent.

    Disturbed Ireland | Bernard H. Becker
  • There are also tenants of small colonial farms, at a low rent, and having many advantages.

    Knowledge is Power: | Charles Knight
  • Through the generosity of Mrs. Frances Lang, of whom they were leased, a comparatively low rent was paid.

British Dictionary definitions for low-rent

low-rent

adjective
  1. informal cheap and inferior: low-rent films

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