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lowbrow

 
/ˈloʊˌbrɑʊ/ adj disapproving

Definition

(of literature, art, music, movies, or plays) not serious and intended for people who do not know much about these forms of art, or (of people) not intelligent and not knowing a lot about such things: lowbrow tastes lowbrow readers
(Definition of lowbrow adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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