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单词 cheapness
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Definition of cheapness in English:

cheapness

noun ˈtʃiːpnəsˈtʃipnəs
  • 1The quality of being low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

    the relative cheapness of imported goods
    the ease and cheapness of Internet shopping
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A taste of La Dolce Vita and the cheapness of the local property could have you planning an early retirement.
    • In recent years, millions have tossed aside their traditional land-based phone lines and opted for the freedom and cheapness of VoIP.
    • In the colors and shapes of all of these offerings, and in their cheapness and goodness, there is enormous beauty and life.
    • Architects of the northern hemisphere are envious of the relative cheapness of Australian hardwood.
    • Conventional manufacturing is predicated upon the assumption that product variety and cheapness are incomparable.
    • The simplicity and cheapness of this ordinary household material has often recommended it to painters, as well as for use in schools.
    • Various techniques were used, including lithography, but woodcut and linocut tended to be favored because of their cheapness.
    • The apparent cheapness of the shares hasn't escaped the attention of those on its discussion board.
    • The weakening of lordship and the cheapness of land had provided conditions which the yeomen and gentry were best positioned to exploit.
    • The emphasis each year on the cheapness of services is deceptive.
    1. 1.1 The condition of costing less due to being of inferior quality.
      the plastic chassis contributes a sense of cheapness
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He knows how to hide the cheapness of the sets and gets a decent performance out of Williams.
      • Spend less per roll on crappy cheapness, use more towels.
      • Despite the deep leather seats, thick carpets and polished dashboard, the feeling is of cheapness.
      • Its wartime advertising promised a plastic miracle world, but homefront substitutes reinforced an image of cheapness.
      • Most of the shots of the old man under the sea were done in the dark or underwater, so the cheapness of the model is generally masked.
      • I appreciate an environmentally friendly design, but the packaging smacks of cheapness disguised as sleekness.
      • If you can get this beer to nearly freezing temperature, it would be able to hide the extreme cheapness in quality.
      • From the first, its imitative qualities signified both technological ingenuity and second-rate cheapness.
      • I was disappointed with the cheapness of the product.
      • Of course, the interior isn't finished in lacquered bamboo, but somehow they've kept the feeling of plasticky cheapness at bay.
  • 2The quality of requiring little effort or sacrifice, especially where this is regarded as devaluing the outcome.

    the cheapness of their humour
    I'm disgusted with the cheapness of this team
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Criticizing the minister is all very well, but the cheapness of the shot does his opponent no favors.
    • The only satire going on, as far as I can tell, is the cheapness of this sort of prurience-as-moral-outrage.
    • He defiled everything political—in standards, in methods, in cheapness and vulgarity.
    • This shoddy production design just reeks of cheapness and gives the entire film yet another air of unbelievability.
    • Cheapness and cheesiness are what really count, not messages or subtlety.
    • In the morning, the bright lights are on and all the cheapness, pockmarks, and dribbles of vomit are visible.
    • "The historical novel is, for me, condemned to a fatal cheapness," wrote James in a 1901 letter to Jewett.
    • Our reference is a cheap and nasty shot, as pointed out by a reader who, without stooping to cheapness and nastiness, can't even spell his name.
    • His opus ends up on top for the sheer indifference, cheapness, humorlessness, pointlessness, meanness, and ineptitude of the entire production.
    • The cheapness of so many extrovert renderings was here entirely absent.
    1. 2.1North American informal The quality of being selfish with money; miserliness.
      my father's cheapness is the reason I feel ill when I lose even small amounts of money
      better to pay a little for backup now than regret your cheapness later
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was peering at me intently, as if she hadn't insulted the size of my rooms, the cleanliness of them, and my cheapness in paying my servants.
      • I felt guilty—and somewhat embarrassed—that my cheapness was giving my colleagues headaches.
      • It didn't take long for his reputation for cheapness to spread.
      • This was a conscious choice on the part of the filmmaker, rather than a result of cheapness or lack of effort from the studio.
      • We share an unwholesome interest in matters like the appalling cheapness of Canadian game-show prizes.
      • He wore darned socks and was legendary for his cheapness.
      • It wasn't just those close to me who had to deal with the results of my cheapness.
      • No one enjoys being smeared as a cheapskate, especially when that cheapness has been presented as a ruthless desire to take a profit at any cost.
      • There were many continuing themes (such as Jack's cheapness) that were frequently worked into the skits or situations.
      • It used to be that ripped old Abe for his cheapness.
 
 

Definition of cheapness in US English:

cheapness

nounˈtʃipnəsˈCHēpnəs
  • 1The quality of being low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services.

    the relative cheapness of imported goods
    the ease and cheapness of Internet shopping
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Architects of the northern hemisphere are envious of the relative cheapness of Australian hardwood.
    • Conventional manufacturing is predicated upon the assumption that product variety and cheapness are incomparable.
    • The emphasis each year on the cheapness of services is deceptive.
    • In the colors and shapes of all of these offerings, and in their cheapness and goodness, there is enormous beauty and life.
    • Various techniques were used, including lithography, but woodcut and linocut tended to be favored because of their cheapness.
    • A taste of La Dolce Vita and the cheapness of the local property could have you planning an early retirement.
    • The weakening of lordship and the cheapness of land had provided conditions which the yeomen and gentry were best positioned to exploit.
    • In recent years, millions have tossed aside their traditional land-based phone lines and opted for the freedom and cheapness of VoIP.
    • The simplicity and cheapness of this ordinary household material has often recommended it to painters, as well as for use in schools.
    • The apparent cheapness of the shares hasn't escaped the attention of those on its discussion board.
    1. 1.1 The condition of costing less due to being of inferior quality.
      the plastic chassis contributes a sense of cheapness
      Example sentencesExamples
      • From the first, its imitative qualities signified both technological ingenuity and second-rate cheapness.
      • Most of the shots of the old man under the sea were done in the dark or underwater, so the cheapness of the model is generally masked.
      • He knows how to hide the cheapness of the sets and gets a decent performance out of Williams.
      • Despite the deep leather seats, thick carpets and polished dashboard, the feeling is of cheapness.
      • Spend less per roll on crappy cheapness, use more towels.
      • If you can get this beer to nearly freezing temperature, it would be able to hide the extreme cheapness in quality.
      • I appreciate an environmentally friendly design, but the packaging smacks of cheapness disguised as sleekness.
      • Its wartime advertising promised a plastic miracle world, but homefront substitutes reinforced an image of cheapness.
      • Of course, the interior isn't finished in lacquered bamboo, but somehow they've kept the feeling of plasticky cheapness at bay.
      • I was disappointed with the cheapness of the product.
  • 2The quality of requiring little effort or sacrifice, especially where this is regarded as devaluing the outcome.

    the cheapness of their humor
    I'm disgusted with the cheapness of this team
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our reference is a cheap and nasty shot, as pointed out by a reader who, without stooping to cheapness and nastiness, can't even spell his name.
    • In the morning, the bright lights are on and all the cheapness, pockmarks, and dribbles of vomit are visible.
    • His opus ends up on top for the sheer indifference, cheapness, humorlessness, pointlessness, meanness, and ineptitude of the entire production.
    • This shoddy production design just reeks of cheapness and gives the entire film yet another air of unbelievability.
    • The cheapness of so many extrovert renderings was here entirely absent.
    • The only satire going on, as far as I can tell, is the cheapness of this sort of prurience-as-moral-outrage.
    • Cheapness and cheesiness are what really count, not messages or subtlety.
    • He defiled everything political—in standards, in methods, in cheapness and vulgarity.
    • Criticizing the minister is all very well, but the cheapness of the shot does his opponent no favors.
    • "The historical novel is, for me, condemned to a fatal cheapness," wrote James in a 1901 letter to Jewett.
    1. 2.1North American informal The quality of being selfish with money; miserliness.
      my father's cheapness is the reason I feel ill when I lose even small amounts of money
      better to pay a little for backup now than regret your cheapness later
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It wasn't just those close to me who had to deal with the results of my cheapness.
      • I felt guilty—and somewhat embarrassed—that my cheapness was giving my colleagues headaches.
      • No one enjoys being smeared as a cheapskate, especially when that cheapness has been presented as a ruthless desire to take a profit at any cost.
      • It used to be that ripped old Abe for his cheapness.
      • There were many continuing themes (such as Jack's cheapness) that were frequently worked into the skits or situations.
      • We share an unwholesome interest in matters like the appalling cheapness of Canadian game-show prizes.
      • This was a conscious choice on the part of the filmmaker, rather than a result of cheapness or lack of effort from the studio.
      • He wore darned socks and was legendary for his cheapness.
      • It didn't take long for his reputation for cheapness to spread.
      • She was peering at me intently, as if she hadn't insulted the size of my rooms, the cleanliness of them, and my cheapness in paying my servants.
 
 
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