cheap
adjective (LOW QUALITY) /tʃiːp/Definition
C1 disapproving describes goods that are both low in quality and low in price: I bought some cheap wine for cooking with. He bought some cheap shoes that fell apart after a couple of months.Not of good qualityRubbish and wasteInformal words for bad cheap and nasty UK › costing little and of very bad qualityNot of good qualityRubbish and wasteInformal words for bad
(Definition of cheap adjective (LOW QUALITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- atrocious adjective (VERY BAD)
- awful adjective (BAD)
- awfully adverb (BADLY)
- badly adverb (IN A BAD WAY)
- be an apology for sth idiom
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- crappy adjective
- downmarket adjective
- downscale adjective
- gimcrack adjective
- inadequacy noun
- inadequate adjective
- meretricious adjective
- motley adjective
- mouldy adjective (BAD)
- tacky adjective (LOW QUALITY)
- terrible adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- unattractive adjective
- worst adjective
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