cheapo
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7.5
Low in price and of poor quality
- adjective
- /ˈtʃiːpoʊ/
- Informal
:
cutre (ESP)
- I regret buying those cheapo shoes; they fell apart after just one week.
Examples
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Given how cheapo the clamp knurler I used on the lightsaber was, I feel like this is plenty of meat.
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Many people avoid the cheapo version of the product because it tends to break easily.
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The store sells cheapo electronics that often don’t last very long.
Synonyms
cheap
vscheapo
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1.0
Not made well and breaks or wears out quickly
is a more informal negative term rather than a neutral label
1
8.4
Made from poor materials and not made to last
is an informal insult not focused on how items were made
1
7.0
Cheap and poorly made
is marked informal and used as a casual negative label
Antonyms
How Cheap
Surface Forms
cheapo positive
Morphology
Etymology
Cheapo comes from the common word cheap plus the informal ending -o, a slang way to make casual words like weirdo or kiddo. It means 'cheap' in a negative way, so as an adjective it describes something 'of low quality' or badly made.