single-digit

[ sing-guhl-dij-it ]

/ ˈsɪŋ gəlˈdɪdʒ ɪt /

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adjective

of or denoting a percentage smaller than ten, especially with reference to rates below that level: single-digit rates of inflation.

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The lone standout is Gallup, which for the past few weeks had shown a single-digit lead for Romney.
Mitt Romney’s Delusions of Victory|Matt Latimer|November 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But in a world of low single-digit growth, that gap has to be closed by someone, and that someone is the proverbial workingman.
Unemployment Report: Why Job Growth Is Stalling|Zachary Karabell|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He was at or near the top of the GOP polls while mere "single-digit" candidates were being "touted."
Why Mike Huckabee Chose Fox|Howard Kurtz|May 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At times it dwindled in alarming fashion: the thirty thousand often shrunk to a single digit.
The Enemies of Women|Vicente Blasco Ibez

This most useful quadruped belongs to the family Equid, distinguished by a single digit and hoof on each foot.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Lengthening a series by the addition of a single digit adds greatly to the difficulty.
The Measurement of Intelligence|Lewis Madison Terman
It had seemed best to limit them to the prints of a single digit, and the thumb was selected.
Finger Prints|Francis Galton