cheapness

Plural: cheapnesses

Noun

• a price below the standard price
• tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
• The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
• The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
• The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
• Synonym of shoddiness.
• The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
• Synonym of inexpensiveness; affordability.

Examples

• His cheapness was legendary; he refused to use candles or lamps, not to reduce the risk of fire but rather to save a penny.
• The cheapness of the manufacturing is insulting. [the product is poorly made]
• The cheapness of the offerings is amazing. [the prices are surprisingly good]

Synonyms

bargain rate, cut price, cut rate, sleaze, tackiness, tat, frugality, inexpensiveness, meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, shoddiness, stinginess, thriftiness, tightness