cheapjack

adjective

Definition of cheapjacknext
as in cheap
of low quality a cheapjack little watch that I wear on camping trips

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheapjack
  1. cheap
  2. poor
  3. terrible
  4. inferior
  5. rotten
  6. bad
  7. coarse
Adjective
  • The trade-off for the cheaper prices comes in slower shipping speeds.
    Katie Tarasov,Devan Burris, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But the Braves could look to sign a cheap veteran in free agency to replace Arcia.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • Now research is finding that specifically working nights and rotating shift schedules can leave people susceptible to depression and poor health.
    Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Bringing him in would allow the team to feel better about the shortstop position despite his poor production from last year.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • That would be a terrible mistake, the Fienberg brothers argued in a Dec. 17 letter that addressed only Bowers’s federal death sentence.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
  • People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • Instead, with a strong enough resume, teams that view the National Championship as a possibility every season can give themselves more avenues to reach the postseason, even if they are caught sleeping against an inferior opponent.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Because top military brass deemed Black people generally inferior, many doubted a successful outcome to clearing endless piles of mail.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of inferior
Adjective
  • Millennial comedians let rotten bureaucrats go unprotested.
    Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
  • However, if the new Council commission ended up pushing rotten ideas like getting rid of term limits, then the mayor’s commission could issue their own proposals, which would automatically supersede the Council’s measures from the ballot.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotten
Adjective
  • The political chaos is compounded by the country’s worst civil aviation accident after a Jeju Air flight crashed on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on-board.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Unfortunately, there is no masking overly bitter notes of a bad olive oil.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of bad
Adjective
  • Salt And Oil Some cooks like to use coarse salt to remove stubborn messes on cast iron.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Find it on Amazon Handmade Kent 9T Graphite Hair Comb for Gentle Untangling Handmade from cellulose acetate, this saw-cut comb gently glides through short, long, straight, curly, fine, and coarse hair to tenderly undo tangles and remove knots.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of coarse
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cheapjack

cheaply

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