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low-rent (l

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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 types

hit men, weasels, snivelers

but ... 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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