lowbrow
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noun
1.
a person who is uninterested, uninvolved, or uneducated in intellectual activities or pursuits.
adjective
2.
being a lowbrow: that lowbrow idiot.
3.
of, pertaining to, or proper to a lowbrow: lowbrow entertainment.
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lowbrow (ˈləʊˌbraʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastes |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or characteristic of such a person |
| 'lowbrowism | |
| —n | |
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Lowbrow
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Cultural Dictionary
lowbrow definition
Unsophisticated, uncultured, vulgar: “My blind date took me to a mud-wrestling match. What a lowbrow evening!”
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Slang Dictionary
lowbrow definition[ˈlobrɑʊ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The program is a mixture of high-minded politics and lowbrow comedy, with earnest but entertaining music in between.
If you thought fast food had to be lowbrow, think again.
Who was lampooned even in it's day for the lowbrow special effects.
Their dedication to lowbrow fun carried out with top-shelf skills makes them seem pretty generous right now.
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