Cheap and Dirty

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Cheap adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: that was a cheap thing to say to someone who never did you any harm

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Dirty and cheap are semantically related in low topic. In some cases you can use "Dirty" instead an adjective "Cheap".

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Dirty adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: laying off longtime employees was a dirty way for the company for reduce labor costs

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Cheap and dirty are semantically related in despicable topic. Sometimes you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Dirty".

Nearby Words: dirt, dirtiness, dirtying, dirtily

He can wipe pretty much anyone off the face of the earth with a wink but prefers to fight cheap and dirty to keep from getting bored.

Source: Combat Pragmatist / Fan Fiction
Ignored Confession: Willa says she was "At a cheap motel with a dirty stranger" after John asks where she's been.

Source: Series / The Family (2016)
In the Prospero's War Urban Fantasy series by Jaye Wells, this is called "dirty magic" (which is also the title of the first book), and is basically taking cheap and dangerous shortcuts.

Source: Black Magic

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