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- [durt cheep]
- /dɜrt tʃip/
- /dɜːt tʃiːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [durt cheep]
- /dɜrt tʃip/
Definitions of dirt cheap words
- adjective dirt cheap very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap. 1
- adverb dirt cheap cheaply: They got it dirt-cheap. 1
- adjective dirt cheap Easily affordable. 0
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Origin of dirt cheap
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
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Parts of speech for Dirt cheap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dirt cheap popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
dirt cheap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dirt cheap
adj dirt cheap
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- dime a dozen — a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- fair — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
adv dirt cheap
- inexpensive — not expensive; not high in price; costing little.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- poorly — in a poor manner or way: The team played poorly.
- moderately — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- advantageously — providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial: an advantageous position; an advantageous treaty.
Antonyms for dirt cheap
adj dirt cheap
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- uneconomical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
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