: the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality
lo-fi adjective

Examples of lo-fi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The entertainment turns out to be a lo-fi puppet show, which Sam suffers in silence with her service cat Frodo sitting in her lap. Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 June 2024 Bak superimposes all this over lo-fi, childlike backgrounds, including a piece of cardboard with a rainbow painted on it. Brian Ng, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2024 This underrated lo-fi mystery film transports us to 1950s New Mexico. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 22 June 2024 Beabadoobee: This Is How Tomorrow Moves With each record, Beabadoobee grows from her own lo-fi bedroom pop production into a bigger, crisper, more professional sound. Boutayna Chokrane, Pitchfork, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for lo-fi 

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Word History

Etymology

low fidelity

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lo-fi was in 1957

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“Lo-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo-fi. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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