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low·brow

(lō′brou′)

One having uncultivated tastes.

adj. also low·browed (-broud′)

Uncultivated; vulgar.

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lowbrow

(ˈləʊˌbraʊ)

a person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastes

adj

of or characteristic of such a person

ˈlowˌbrowism n

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low•brow

(ˈloʊˌbraʊ)
n.

1. a person with little interest in intellect or culture.

adj.

2. characteristic of a lowbrow.

[1905–10]

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Noun	1.	lowbrow - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits anti-intellectual, philistine pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
Adj.	1.	lowbrow - characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes" lowbrowed, uncultivated nonintellectual - not intellectual

lowbrow

adjective unsophisticated, popular, shallow, lightweight, tabloid, inferior, easy-to-understand, mass-market, undemanding, insubstantial, unscholarly lowbrow novels

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Translations

vulgaire

di scarsa cultura

lowbrow

[ˈləʊbraʊ]

A. ADJ → poco culto

B. N → persona f nada intelectual, persona f de poca cultura

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lowbrow

[ˈləʊbraʊ] adj → sans prétentions intellectuelleslow-budget [ˌləʊˈbʌdʒɪt] adj [film, project] → à petit budgetlow-cal [ˌləʊˈkæl] adj → basses calories invlow-calorie [ˌləʊˈkæləri] adj → basses calories invlow-cost [ˌləʊˈkɒst] adj [airline, flight, housing] → bon marché invlow-cut [ˌləʊˈkʌt] adj [dress] → décolleté(e)low-down lowdown [ˈləʊdaʊn]

to give sb the low-down → mettre qn au courant
He gave me the low-down → Il m'a mis au courant.
to give sb the low-down on sth → mettre qn au courant de qch

adj (= despicable) → mesquin(e)

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lowbrow

[ˈləʊˌbraʊ]

1. adj (pej) (person) → poco colto/a; (interests, entertainment) → senza pretese intellettuali

2. n → persona poco colta or senza pretese intellettuali

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