lo-fi

noun

ˈlō-ˈfī 

: 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 germ of this idea was already latent in the first shot of Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), which shows a lo-fi close-up of Cage doing a terrible Australian accent in a TV commercial for VCRs. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

The film’s limited resources become a little more obvious towards the end, but Miike wears his low-budget bona fides with pride, and the lo-fi production values only add to the grittiness of its urban setting. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

The lo-fi nature of the videos, their formulaic content, and their inaccuracies don’t seem to have turned off viewers. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

The group’s early music was lo-fi, vintage-leaning, and just twee enough to make the scrappy garage rockers an emblem of early-mid aughts Urban Outfitters hipsterdom. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

low fidelity

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lo-fi

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny