bottom-shelf en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Cheap or low-quality.
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.
a bottle of bottom-shelf wine
Ryder had a soft spot for off-brand soda, since that was what they'd had often when he was in charge, and they were living off a shoestring. Nothing wrong with bottom-shelf cereal and grape soda; not in his opinion.
2020, Maisey Yates, The Hero of Hope Springs:
Synonyms
two a penny · low-quality · economic · subpar · craptabulous · lousy · shite · bottom-shelf · sixpenny · economical · low-grade · low-cost · tenth-rate · crap · cheap · tin-pot · coffee-and · drecky · budget · crappo · trash · trashy · el cheapo · low-priced · cheapie · fourth-rate · scrubby · BTEC · shit · pound-shop · rinky-dink · slim · cheapshit · craptastic · substandard · cheap and nasty · third-rate · crummy · below par · garbage · affordable · base · bum · low-rent · poor · cheap and nasty · nickel · gash · craptacular · cheapo · under par · pathetic · crapperific · sad · naughty · rubbish · ropy · inexpensive · cheesy · woeful · brand X · cruddy · ass · inferior · mid · second-rate · made in China · ticky-tacky · cheap · bad · unexpensive · crappy · flimsy · chintzy · slazy · slight · low-end · competitive · dogwater · shoddy · wretched · one-star · cheesy · tinhorn · bargainous · poor man's · schlocky · god-awful · shitty · coffee-and · low · punk · dime a dozen · brand X