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bottom-shelf

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bottom-shelf (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Cheap or low-quality.
    a bottle of bottom-shelf wine
    • 2020, Maisey Yates: The Hero of Hope Springs
      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.
    • 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.
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