bottom-shelf
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1(informal) Cheap or low-quality.
Example: “a bottle of bottom-shelf wine”
Example: “2019, Todd Wagner: 30-Minute Overview of Come and See
Instead of trusting that God's plan for us is what we desire, we try to find fulfillment in the "bottom-shelf candy" of compromise or isolation that seems right to us.”
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“Ryder had a soft spot for off-brand soda, since that was what they'd had often when he was in charge, and they were living off a shoestring. Nothing wrong with bottom-shelf cereal and grape soda; not in his opinion.”
— 2020, Maisey Yates, The Hero of Hope Springs:
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