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low-fi

or lo-fi  (lō′fī′)
n.
1. Informal Low fidelity.
2. A style of rock music characterized by distortion or imperfections typical of low-fidelity reproduction.

low′-fi′ adj.
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low-fi

(ˈləʊˈfaɪ)
adj
(Electronics) informal a variant spelling of lo-fi
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