low-rise
Americanadjective
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having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.
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(of pants) having a waistline placed at or just below the hips.
low-rise jeans.
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of low-rise
First recorded in 1955–60; on the model of high-rise ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It is flanked by low-rise apartment buildings and retail spaces typical of the Bowery neighborhood.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The empty, low-rise buildings at 413 and 825 Ocean Ave. sit on prime, blufftop real estate overlooking Palisades Park and the Pacific Ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
The costs of the border war between Thailand and Cambodia are cruelly obvious in the hospital in Mongkol Borei, a breezy, low-rise complex surrounded by trees.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Starting around 2017, the three men purchased nearly 10,000 “garden” apartments in Southern California, becoming one of largest owners of these low-rise apartments in the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Now they’re talking about tearing down all the high-rises and putting everyone in low-rise buildings as the solution.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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