low-end en · ADJ
Meanings
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Cheap, inexpensive or low-quality.
In trade, it is an almost infallible law that a hungry low-end market, an eager dumping grouund for the shoddiest work, is an irresistible market force.
1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 81: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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most low-end | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| lowend | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lowest-end | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more low-end | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| lower-end | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| low end | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
overdear · expensive · ex · pricey · high-end · lickpenny · cheap at half the price · spenno · big-ticket · costful · exy · 5-star · expenny · high-cost · costly · ruinous · chargeful · cost-prohibitive · high-priced · dispendious · spendy · top-shelf · dearthful · fancy · princely · spenny · splurgy · out of sight · million-dollar · steep · dear
Coordinates
mid-tier · middlebrow · mid-level · middle-end · low-level · midbrow · mid-range
Synonyms
low-priced · bottom-shelf · downmarket · dime a dozen · low-priced · cheapie · low-end · low-cost · cheap · cheapo · nickel · economical · cheesy · economic · unexpensive · brand X · inexpensive · el cheapo · competitive · budget · sixpenny · two a penny · tinhorn · low-cost · bargainous
Translations (6)
fi halpa (low-quality) · es de gama baja (low-quality) · pl z dolnej półki (low-quality) · fr bas de gamme (low-quality) · fr entrée de gamme (low-quality) · fi halpis- (low-quality)