lo-res

[ loh-rez ]

adjective

, Computers, Informal.

1. low-resolution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lo-res¹

By shortening and respelling

Example Sentences

The muted gray-green color palette, the middle-distance framing and the lo-res details — the last a byproduct of the 1930s posters’ printing process — all suggest the past, while the high-speed train arcing through the background of each poster suggests the future.

From Los Angeles Times

But the same central details remain throughout: The cursed videotape filled with disturbing images that dooms all who watch it, the phone call that follows promising death in seven days and the ghostly woman with techno-spooking powers who skulks out of her grainy lo-res home video to claim her victims.

From Los Angeles Times

Nitehawk, which also acts as a restaurant during its film showings, won’t be showing the election night in any of its auditoriums but is expecting a crowd in its lobby bar and screening room, Lo-Res, where the debates drew a full house to watch on a large projection screen.

From New York Times

The art itself it very lo-res, so a square '80s car works very well.

From The Verge

This lo-res shot, grabbed by Radio 1's Annie Mac, was the most A-list huddle of night.

From BBC