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It can.
Applied to a person, it means someone who is a miser. It means being selfish and not wanting to spend money, especially for someone else.
Apllied to things, it means not as costly, and suggests that it may be shoddy, or not as well made as something more expensive.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoYes. It means to make or become lower in reputation, quality, etc; degrade or be degraded.
Those punk rockers in the house next door cheapen the neighbourhood.
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∙ 7y ago"Cheap" has a negative connotation, implying something which is not only inexpensive but of poor or shoddy quality.
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∙ 14y agoCheap.
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