Gimcrack - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

Примеры использования:

Local buses were reliable and cheap

adverb

At or for a low price.

Примеры использования:

A house that was going cheap because of the war

adjective

Costing little money or less than is usual or expected

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After world war ii, the us had cheap labor, cheap energy, cheap raw materials, cheap housing, cheap…

adjective

Insubstantial and easily damaged.

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A flimsy barrier

noun

A document, especially a copy, made on very thin paper.

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Credit-card flimsies

adjective

(of material) very thin, or (of a structure or object) badly made and weak, and therefore easily broken or destroyed

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A flimsy dress, a flimsy building, they convicted the defendant on very flimsy evidence.

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

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Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

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Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Not good, or not as good as someone or something else

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Inferior to these products are inferior to those we bought last year., she cited cases in which wom…

adjective

Lacking strength and solidity.

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The huts are relatively few and insubstantial

adjective

Of little value or importance, or not being strong, solid, or large

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He was popular during the early part of the 20th century, but today his work seems dated and insubs…

adjective

Not enough or not strong enough

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An insubstantial meal, insubstantial evidence

adjective

Built quickly and badly using cheap materials

adjective

(of art, objects, or design) considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.

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Kitschy souvenir shops

adjective

Connected with art, decorative objects, or design considered by many people to be ugly, without style, or false, but enjoyed by other people, often because they are funny

Примеры использования:

A kitschy gilt-framed mirror, the room was decorated in a cheerfully kitschy style.

adjective

Of a bad quality or low level

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Expanding car ownership and low-grade gasoline have made traffic the leading source of air pollutio…

adjective

Acting as an interim and temporary measure.

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Arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed

noun

A temporary substitute or device.

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We're looking at a matchup between makeshifts on saturday.

adjective

(especially of a house or vehicle) in a state of severe disrepair.

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A ramshackle cottage

adjective

Badly made and likely to break or fall down easily

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A ramshackle building with a sagging roof

adjective

(of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse.

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We went carefully up the rickety stairs

adjective

Not of good quality

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A second-rate hotel

adjective

Badly made or done.

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We're not paying good money for shoddy goods

noun

An inferior quality yarn or fabric made from the shredded fibre of waste woollen cloth or clippings.

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The production of shoddy and mattress stuffing

adjective

Made or done without care

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The furniture is shoddy and cheap.

adjective

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

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Tawdry jewellery

noun

Cheap and gaudy finery.

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I had seen him in procession with his golden crook, preceded by the priests of his diocese, dressed…

adjective

Showy, cheap, and of poor quality

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Tawdry jewelry/furnishings

adjective

Of low quality

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I don't want to work for some third-rate company.

adjective

(especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality.

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Trashy novels and formulaic movies

adjective

Worthless, or of low quality

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Trashy romance novels