"cheapness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃiːpnəs/ [UK] Forms: cheapnesses [plural]
Etymology: From cheap + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cheap|ness}} cheap + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cheapness (usually uncountable, plural cheapnesses)
  1. (of a person) The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy). Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: frugality, meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, stinginess, thriftiness, tightness
    Sense id: en-cheapness-en-noun-en:stinginess Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 22 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 39 20 20 20
  2. (of a product) The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
    Synonym of shoddiness; chintziness.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: shoddiness [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cheapness-en-noun-en:low_quality__low_price__or_both Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  3. (of a product) The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
    Synonym of affordability.
    Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: affordability [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cheapness-en-noun-en:low_quality__low_price__or_both1 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  4. (of a product) The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both). Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cheapness-en-noun-en:low_quality__low_price__or_both1 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (state of being cheap): رُخْص (ruḵṣ) (Arabic), halpuus (english: being low in price) (Finnish), सस्तापन (sastāpan) [masculine] (Hindi), सस्ताई (sastāī) [feminine] (Hindi), lētums [masculine] (Latvian), اوجوزلق (ucuzluk) (Ottoman Turkish), дешеви́зна (deševízna) [feminine] (Russian), baratura [feminine] (Spanish), ucuzluk (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'state of being cheap': 26 25 25 24

Inflected forms

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