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cheap

Cheap means low in price, good value, or of poor quality.

• My local supermarket is very cheap. The prices are very low.
• The flight to Madrid costs £100, which is very cheap for this time of year.
• He wears very cheap shoes. I'm not surprised that they've fallen apart.

If you make someone feel cheap, you make them feel bad about themselves.

• What you said to her was horrible. It made her feel cheap.

• a cheap ticket
  ( = low in cost)
• a cheap trick
  ( = an unfair and unkind action against someone)
• a cheap joke
  ( = an unkind and rather obvious joke against someone)
• cheap flattery
  ( = insincere flattery)
• a cheap imitation
  ( = a poor imitation)
• a cheap thrill
  ( = exciting but unsatisfying)
• cheap and nasty
  ( = inexpensive and of poor quality)
• cheap and cheerful
  ( = inexpensive but of reasonable quality)
• cheap labour
  ( = low-paid workers)

• It was cheap at half the price.
  ( = It was very good value)
• He decorated his house on the cheap.
  ( = He did it using inexpensive, low quality materials)
• It doesn't come cheap.
  ( = It's expensive)
• It's going cheap.
  ( = It's being sold at a very low price)
• It's dirt cheap.
  ( = It's very inexpensive)

• expensive
• tacky
• worthless
• disrespectful
  

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