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Italian

scadente

/skaˈdɛn.te/adjectiveB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 13,777

Meaning

poor quality, shoddy

  • of low quality, inferior, substandard

In a sentence

Queste scarpe sono fatte con un materiale davvero scadente.

These shoes are made with really poor-quality material.

La connessione internet oggi è molto scadente.

The internet connection today is very poor.

Non compriamo prodotti scadenti solo per risparmiare poco denaro.

We don't buy shoddy products just to save a little money.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
scadentemasculine · singular
scadentefeminine · singular
scadentimasculine · plural
scadentifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Ends in -e, so the plural is 'scadenti' for both masculine and feminine.

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