A rope for tying up cattle. Also attributive saleband n. Obsolete

Designating something which is considered to resemble, or be an inferior kind of, that which is properly denoted by the noun being modified.

Designating a poor or inferior example of something; of little account or value; pathetic.

Of light, thin, or poor texture or material; not good, strong, or substantial; rather flimsy or weak.

Poor, unsatisfactory. Obsolete.

Slight, poor, trivial. Obsolete.

often with that of ‘inferior, mean, obscure,’ as in back alley, back lane, back road, back slum, back street.

Of things: Small, insignificant, slight; paltry, trifling, poor. Chiefly Scottish. ? Obsolete.

Of lower status, importance, or rank; inferior; = less, adj. 1b. In attributive use.

Originally and chiefly Scottish. Meagre, poor, trifling; of little significance, substance, or value; spec. (of soil or earth) poor in quality or…

= starved, adj. (in various senses).

Made of mockado. In extended use: inferior, fraudulent, sham. Obsolete.

Of a thing: subordinate, inferior (to another). Now chiefly in critical and cultural theory, esp. post-colonial theory: of or relating to those who…

That is, or has the appearance of being, an inferior kind of; = bastard, adj. 1. Obsolete.

figurative. Having some quality likened to the hard dry consistence of wood, or to its inferior… Of inferior character, poor, worthless.

figurative and in extended use. Lacking in substance; meagre, deficient; poor, feeble; jejune.

colloquial. Confounded, troublesome; insignificant. rare before mid 19th cent.

figurative. Poor in quality or quantity; thin, scanty, meagre, mean.

More generally: relatively small or (now) esp. unimportant; not regarded as being among the most notable of a specified group of persons or things…

Originally of land and its produce: lacking in nutrients, poor. Later more generally: indicative of starvation; undernourished, weak; feeble, sparse.

(attributive). Of, or relating to a potsherd or potsherds; suggestive of a potsherd, esp. in the quality of being broken or imperfect, or in allusion…

Of a commodity, product, etc.: not having a high standard of fineness; low-grade. Now somewhat rare.

‘So-so’, not so good as it might be, poor.

adj. (Scottish) Poor or inferior in quality; = waff, adj. 2.

Made of lath.

colloquial (originally British regional). Esp. of a town: small, inferior, inadequate, unimportant. Cf. one-horse, adj. 2.

Counterfeit, sham, bogus. Also (more widely): inferior, worthless.

Of a pack of hounds: miscellaneous in breed or quality. Also more widely: poor, of indifferent quality, ‘scratch’. See also quot. 1934.

In extended use: small, insignificant; inferior. Frequently in jerkwater town (cf. jerk, adj.2 1a).

Of low or inferior quality.

Of a thing: having a delusive appearance of superior quality. Also: cheap, inferior; displaying signs of use, shabby, dilapidated.

Inferior, contemptible; pretentious, flashy. Cf. tin-pot, n. 4.

Of a place: small, insignificant, or inferior; second-rate. Also: relating to or belonging to such a place. Esp. in jerk town. Cf. jerkwater, adj. 2.

Rather cheap, and often of inferior quality. Frequently of films.

figurative. Cheap, makeshift; of a low or inferior quality.

figurative. Used attributively and absol. of an inferior person or thing, esp. one of no value, poor quality, or cheap (but often showy). colloquial.

In extended use: ready-made; hackneyed, unoriginal; of inferior quality.

Smelling of urine; damp with urine.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Inferior, of poor quality, worthless, rubbishy; very bad, awful, dreadful.

Bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy. Cf. crud, n.1 4.

Of poor quality; very cheap. Also as n., something cheap or shoddy.

Of the type or quality found in a pound shop; cut-price; (derogatory) cheap or inferior, second-rate.