lo-fi

Meanings

Adjective

• Having an old-fashioned quality
• Having a rough quality, not musically smooth and refined
• Recorded at home with makeshift tools

Noun

• A genre of hip-hop that includes traditional jazz elements and drum machine samples.
• A genre of rock music characterized by minimal production, giving a raw and unsophisticated sound.{{cite-web|url=https://public.oed.com/blog/september-2014-update-release-notes-hi-fi-sci-fy-diy/|title=Release notes: hi-fi, sci-fi, DIY

Related

Opposite words

• hi-fi

Origin

• Shortened form of low fidelity