bottom-shelf

bottom-shelf (not comparable)

1. (informal) Cheap or low-quality.

   a bottle of bottom-shelf wine

   • 2020, Maisey Yates, The Hero of Hope Springs:

     Ryder had a soft spot for off-brand soda, since that was what they'd had often when he was in charge, and they were living off a shoestring. Nothing wrong with bottom-shelf cereal and grape soda; not in his opinion.

   • 2019, Todd Wagner: 30-Minute Overview of Come and See

     Instead of trusting that God's plan for us is what we desire, we try to find fulfillment in the "bottom-shelf candy" of compromise or isolation that seems right to us.