Adjective

(er)

Low and/or reduced in price.

* John Locke

Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap .

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Of poor quality.

Of little worth.

* Dryden

You grow cheap in every subject's eye.

(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) underhand; dubious.

(derogatory) Frugal; stingy.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Intended to deceive; false.

It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.

counterfeit; unreal

* Jowett

They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.