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cheapoid

cheapoid adjective: of inferior quality.

Adjective

cheapoid (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Of inferior quality.
    • Janice thought someone stole her cheapoid camera and ran around accusing everybody, but when we looked, it turned up in the mess under her bed.2011, Tamora Pierce, “Testing”, in Tortall and Other Lands, Random House, page 365
    • I explained that the real Regina Leigh must have been on Rosie O'Donnell while Doris was on Glenwood's cheapoid cable news.2002, Thom Eberhardt, Rat boys: a dating experience, Scholastic, page 118

Origin of cheapoid

From cheap + -oid.

Questions about cheapoid

What does cheapoid mean?
Cheapoid means of inferior quality.
What part of speech is cheapoid?
Cheapoid is an adjective.

Words near cheapoid in the dictionary

  1. cheaplier
  2. cheaply
  3. cheapness
  4. cheapnesses
  5. cheapo
  6. cheapoid
  7. cheapos
  8. cheapquel
  9. cheapquels
  10. cheaps
  11. cheaps out

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