low quality
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2.8
- noun
- /loʊ ˈkwɑːləti/
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baja calidad
- This is particularly the case for subprime auto loans where buyers are paying high prices for low quality cars.
- low quality vendor
- low quality product
- low quality wine
It's it's lower pay, it's lower quality of housing, it's less money left for consumption.
- It's it's lower pay, it's lower quality of housing, it's less money left for consumption.
- So I so I apologize for the four by three format and the low quality, but that's, that's what it was back then.
Examples
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In his view, the teachers were of very low quality; the lack of artistic rigor was simply shameful.
Fiction book (2000) -
Low income people choose to eat low quality foods because that's what's cheap, right?
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This movie is very low quality.
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Do not pay premium for a low quality foreign meat.
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So first, demand for low quality memory is very, very price sensitive.
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Ukrainian goods are of low quality and lose in competition with foreign goods.
Academic text (1998) -
Failure to deal with environmental issues equitably will result in a lower quality environment for the larger community.
Academic text (1993) -
Now that's a low quality steak and our next guest we got to try guys.
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They told me that my last demo was so good but that it was too low-quality 'cause I did it on my iPhone, so I get to do a professional recording.
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This movie is of low quality and not worth watching.
Synonyms
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8.9
A thing of very poor quality that is useless
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5.1
A state of being lower than others in ability, status or value
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3.5
A quality that makes something look showy and not stylish
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3.6
A thing made badly that breaks easily or does not work well
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
Antonyms
How Good
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'low quality' is a straightforward compositional combination: the adjective 'low' modifies 'quality' to indicate poor or inferior standard, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from its parts. This modifier+noun pattern is common across languages and follows standard English semantics, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Low quality comes from the simple idea of height and value: low means 'not high' and quality means how good something is. Imagine a product on a low shelf or at a low level so it looks less valuable, and that's why low quality means 'poor' or 'inferior'.