low-quality

Example Sentences

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Cheap lending to low-quality borrowers renders one of Beijing’s prime policy tools less efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

In the grainy, low-quality frame, Pretti holds an object that in reality was a phone.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The island produces 40,000 barrels a day of low-quality crude, which is mostly used to power obsolete electricty plants that often fail because of shoddy maintenance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“AI is being exploited by bad actors to flood streaming services with low-quality slop to game the system and attempt to divert royalties away from authentic artists,” said Hellman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Stanton weeded out unfit and incompetent officers; battled dishonest government contractors who sold the army low-quality uniforms, rotting equipment, and defective weapons; and endured an epidemic of officers who would not fight.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson