cheapo
1
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
7.0
Cheap and poorly made
is marked informal and used as a casual negative label
8.4
Made from poor materials and not made to last
is an informal insult not focused on how items were made
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.