low-level

[loh-lev-uhl]

adjective

1. undertaken by or composed of members having a low status.

   a low-level discussion.

2. having low status.

   low-level personnel.

3. undertaken at or from a low altitude.

   low-level bombing.

4. Linguistics.,  occurring or operating at the phonetic level of linguistic representation or analysis.

   low-level rules governing assimilation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-level¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

This has led to a surge of coaches from independent training facilities, low-level colleges and biomechanical laboratories, especially in the minors and player-development roles.

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"My immediate thought is I've spent more interesting afternoons watching paint dry. I mean, this is a low-level committee. The Watergate hearings, it was not," he told BBC News.

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Beyond blood disorders, the results contribute to a broader understanding of 'inflammaging', the low-level, chronic inflammation that supports many age-related conditions, including cancer and cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

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Efforts around the country to prosecute even those low-level schemers, cheaters and 2020 election miscreants have produced mixed results.

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One investigation, from the Associated Press, reported that several Venezuelan nationals killed in the strikes were low-level traffickers driven by poverty to a life of crime, as well as at least one local crime boss.

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