: the production or reproduction of audio characterized by an unpolished or rough sound quality
lo-fi
adjective
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Read: An unlikely model for male friendship Friendship often plays like a horror movie; the director, Andrew DeYoung, deploys techniques that shroud the story in suspense: dramatic cinematography, slow zooms, an off-putting lo-fi score.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
In the aftermath of the robbery, Kardashian took her first real retreat from the public eye, reappearing on Instagram three months later to post lo-fi family photos with her then husband, Kanye West, and their kids milling about a middle-class-looking home.
—M. J. Corey, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Unlike those lo-fi forefathers, Segall’s brand of rock is more expansive, this time releasing an album that could’ve been the album of the summer in 1975.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Thanks to social media aesthetics like TikTok's lo-fi storytelling and Instagram's casual carousels, today's consumers crave realness and transparency.
—Tony Pec, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
In the aftermath of the robbery, Kardashian took her first real retreat from the public eye, reappearing on Instagram three months later to post lo-fi family photos with her then husband, Kanye West, and their kids milling about a middle-class-looking home.
—M. J. Corey, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Unlike those lo-fi forefathers, Segall’s brand of rock is more expansive, this time releasing an album that could’ve been the album of the summer in 1975.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Thanks to social media aesthetics like TikTok's lo-fi storytelling and Instagram's casual carousels, today's consumers crave realness and transparency.
—Tony Pec, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lo-fi
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“Lo-fi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lo-fi. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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