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low-rent

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low-rent (lrnt)
adj. Informal
1. Having inexpensive rent: a low-rent apartment.
2. Of low social status or moral character: "Steve Buscemi ... may play low-rent, amoral typeshit men, weasels, snivelersbut ... he's more complicated than that" (Richard Leiby).
3. Lacking taste or refinement: a low-rent television drama.
low-rent
adj
Informal cheap and inferior low-rent films
Translations
low-rent [ˈləʊrent] ADJ
1. (lit) [housing, flat] → de renta baja, de alquiler bajo
2. (fig) → de tres al cuarto, de pacotilla


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The movie's premise -- dozens of low-rent goons and hit men (some played by actors -- ahem, Ben Affleck -- desperate to revive their indie credibility) descend on a Lake Tahoe hotel to take out a magician-turned-mobster (Jeremy Piven) who's about to squeal on The Boss -- has the makings of a decent mayhem movie.
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Held in a nondescript conference room in a Holiday Inn, the convention had all the feel of a low-rent affair--that was until bidding started on the champion flyers at auction.
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Here again, he squeezed a ramshackle charm out of jerry-rigged apparatus--this time involving more shadow theater, as well as low-rent animatronics and what might be thought of as trompe l'oeil video installations--all powered by clunking exposed machinery.
Ian Burns: Spencer Brownstone by Kastner, Jeffrey / Artforum International
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