low-rent
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.51 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Hollinghurst's debut novel, The Swimming Pool Library (1988), was lauded for its startling conflation of high literary style and low-rent sex, and presented an eye-opening trawl through the London gay scene, from private clubs to public toilets, in the laconic tone of a latter-day Henry James."
- "That's a text book definition of low-rent hoochie mama if I ever saw it. Guarantee you she's got her tramp stamp across her hips."
- "Being called a "diner" may have once meant serving low-rent food, but today it's considered a compliment."
- "Billboards with a pink wash (a visual pun on La Vie en Rose?) featured words like “chic!” and looked low rent too."