low-quality

[ loh-kwol-i-tee ]

adjective

1. substandard; of inferior quality: Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.

   It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients.

   Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-quality¹

First recorded in 1815–20; low ¹( def ) + quality ( def )

Example Sentences

Most recycling processes suffer from high energy usage, high emissions, and limited or low-quality recovered material.

From Science Daily

Although residents assert that poor infrastructure and low-quality government responses caused unnecessary casualties, a climatologist and co-founder of World Weather Attribution Frederike Otto says that climate change is also a major culprit.

From Salon

It is no longer enough to wear designer- or even label-free “quiet luxury” clothing; the new way to indicate class is to shop Erewhon with no regard for cost and bypass the genetically modified, aggressively low-quality gut-busting food the U.S. is now renowned for.

From Los Angeles Times

Low-quality food high in grease and fat?

From Los Angeles Times

Under the plans, some low-quality green belt land will be freed up to become part of a 'grey belt' to allow new homes to be built.

From BBC