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adj. - Relatively low in price or charging low prices. adj. - Embarrassingly stingy; Of very poor quality; Tastelessly showy.

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  • Education is the cheap defense of nations.
  • Dog-cheap is what I call it, when I think of the small rooms
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  • A "cheep" is a birdlike sound or peep, while something that is "cheap" is something of inferior quality or low cost.
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