single-digit

[ sing-guhl-dij-it ]

adjective

1. of or denoting a percentage smaller than ten, especially with reference to rates below that level:

   single-digit rates of inflation.

Example Sentences

The lone standout is Gallup, which for the past few weeks had shown a single-digit lead for Romney.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

He was at or near the top of the GOP polls while mere "single-digit" candidates were being "touted."

From The Daily Beast

At times it dwindled in alarming fashion: the thirty thousand often shrunk to a single digit.

From Project Gutenberg

This most useful quadruped belongs to the family Equid, distinguished by a single digit and hoof on each foot.

From Project Gutenberg

Lengthening a series by the addition of a single digit adds greatly to the difficulty.

From Project Gutenberg

It had seemed best to limit them to the prints of a single digit, and the thumb was selected.

From Project Gutenberg