cut-rate

adjective

ˈkət-ˈrāt How to pronounce cut-rate (audio)
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as in cheap
costing little opted for a cut-rate insurance policy because we didn't need anything more

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as in inferior
of low quality a cut-rate motel that looked like the kind at which people in horror movies always end up

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Recent Examples of cut-rate Some investors doubt Tesla has found a unique path to cut-rate robotaxis. — Chris Kirkham, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025 What’s more, cut-rate financing and subsidized lease deals are generally limited only to those having stellar credit ratings and qualifying incomes. — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 Some investors doubt Tesla has found a unique path to cut-rate robotaxis. — Chris Kirkham, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut-rate
  1. cheap
  2. inferior
  3. inexpensive
  4. poor
  5. reasonable
  6. terrible
  7. affordable
  8. rotten
Adjective
  • Their tech lets clothing companies show off a wide variety of sizes and styles—and for a whole lot cheaper.
    — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In Flacco and Pickett, the Browns have two veteran backups on cheap contracts signed only for 2025.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of cheap
Adjective
  • Science popularization should not be considered as inferior to or detracting from traditional scientific research.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The only asterisk is that their recent wins have mostly come against inferior opponents – Washington’s record is only 3-4-1 against teams in a playoff spot since the 4 Nations Face-Off. 4.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of inferior
Adjective
  • For American families, this means relatively inexpensive toys could become luxuries.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
  • This adds to development costs and puts a damper on Thunderbolt adoption spreading to budget laptops and other inexpensive products.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of inexpensive
Adjective
  • In fact, the massive, albeit picturesque, gullies were made because of poor farming practices during the 1800s.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Each site has a different interface, often poor or glitchy.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of poor
Adjective
  • Given that this decline coincided with the large-scale movement of the US Commercial fishing fleet into those waters, the idea that overfishing might have something to do with it seemed a reasonable hypothesis.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Ars wrote more about why this is a reasonable path forward last September.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
Definition of reasonable
Adjective
  • The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The domestic box office is presently in a terrible state, and Minecraft could prove to be the shot of confidence Hollywood studios and cinema owners need after recent films, including Disney’s Snow White, have turned into major disappointments.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • Sanders focused broadly on the need for livable wages, access to health care and affordable housing, and similar issues that have long been part of the Independent politician’s platform.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The Associated Press reported in early March that the HUD had also terminated its $1 billion Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which funds renovation projects at affordable housing units nationwide.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of affordable
Adjective
  • Then, the rotten cherry on top: my lightweight pack, overburdened with water and ill-equipped for the task, created a patch of chafe that eventually bloomed into an open wound.
    — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
  • What rotten fortune all around, the best college player in the country – and the coolest – being ousted not by an upset but by injury.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of rotten

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“Cut-rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut-rate. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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