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lower-rent

lower-rent is the comparative form of low-rent.

Meaning of low-rent

Adjective

low-rent (comparative lower-rent, superlative lowest-rent)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Low-quality, trashy.
    • You see what we're up against here. "Timecop," a low-rent "Terminator," is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all, for that way madness lies.1994 September 16, Roger Ebert, “Timecop”, in Chicago Sunday Times, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2005
    Antonyms:
    high-rent

Questions about lower-rent

What is lower-rent the comparative form of?
Lower-rent is the comparative form of low-rent.

Words near lower-rent in the dictionary

  1. lower-pressure
  2. lower-profile
  3. lower-proof
  4. lower-quality
  5. lower-rank
  6. lower-rent
  7. lower-resolution
  8. lower-seeded
  9. lower-status
  10. lower-toned
  11. lower-value

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