A British colloquial compound adjective meaning inexpensive and of poor quality — cheap in the bad sense, with an associated lack of care or craft. The phrase is emphatic and dismissive, suggesting that saving money has come at a clear cost to quality, appearance, or durability.
The decorations looked cheap and nasty in the daylight, nothing like what was advertised.
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(UK) cheap and of bad quality.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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