Cheap and Fake

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Cheap adjective - Of low quality.

Usage example: a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it

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Fake and cheap are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fake" instead an adjective "Cheap".

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Fake adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.

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Cheap and fake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective "Fake".

Nearby Words: faked, faking, faker

Establishing Character Moment: Lula gets hers when Daniel returns from grabbing some fast food she does a cheap trick to fake her death, which Atlas recognizes as fake.

Source: Film / Now You See Me 2
Very common in party accessories, is easy to find people in New Year's celebrations wearing fake beer glasses, star glasses or any other kind of cheap big chunky frames with unusual shapes.

Source: Making a Spectacle of Yourself
In Brazil and in China (see Engadget's Keepin' It Real Fake section), cheap knockoffs of smartphones are very common.

Source: Shoddy Knockoff Product

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