low-cal

American  

[loh-kal, -kal] / ˈloʊˈkæl, -ˌkæl /

Also lo-cal

adjective

Informal.

1. containing fewer calories than usual or standard.

   a low-cal diet.

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Etymology

Origin of low-cal

low cal(orie)

Example Sentences

Call it earthy, definitely not low-cal and sometimes salty, sometimes sweet.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023

If you’re old enough to be eating low-cal Fudgsicles, then you’re old enough to stop caring what other people think.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Her one-woman cult of low-cal servitude chugs along miserably until she meets voluptuous Miriam, the beloved daughter of a close Modern Orthodox family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2021

If this approach sounds like a type of low-cal reform, it is.

From Washington Times • Sep. 30, 2020

This, about a food our Italian ancestors imagined would be a low-cal appetizer.

From Time • Aug. 3, 2015