"low-end" meaning in English

See low-end in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more low-end [comparative], most low-end [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} low-end (comparative more low-end, superlative most low-end)
  1. Cheap or inexpensive; low-quality. Related terms: middle-end Translations (low-quality): halpa (Finnish), halpis- (Finnish), bas de gamme (French), entrée de gamme (French)
    Sense id: en-low-end-en-adj-JgxqmcjO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift\nWith the help of some low-end boosting, Dinklage musters a decent amount of kid-appropriate menace—although he never does explain his gift for finding chunks of ice shaped like pirate ships—but Romano and Leary mainly sound bored, droning through their lines as if they’re simultaneously texting the contractors building the additions on their houses funded by their fat sequel paychecks."
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "low-quality",
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      "sense": "low-quality",
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