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[ loh-greyd ] / ˈloʊˈgreɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR low-grade ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore. Origin of low-gradeFirst recorded in 1875–80; low1 + grade Words nearby low-gradelow explosive, low-fat, low-fi, low frequency, Low German, low-grade, low ground, low-hanging fruit, low hurdles, low-impact, low-income Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for low-gradeThe pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed. The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST She had low-grade blood poisoning in her ear from the pin she used to pierce it. ‘My Crazy Love’ Reveals the Craziest Lies People Tell for Love|Kevin Fallon|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The film cuts to a very early, low-grade video of Anna on camera introducing Femen. Femen’s Abusive Patriarch, Victor Svyatski, Exposed in 'Ukraine Is Not a Brothel’|Marlow Stern|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Low-grade insurgencies fester in other states, notably among the Karen minority. Obama Does Delicate Dance on Historic Visit to Burma|Lennox Samuels|November 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Each plank of low-grade wood is pretty ordinary: "You can break it with your fingers," the famously athletic general said. The Reboot Begins|Randall Lane|October 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST The bitumens are represented in the island by asphalt, a low-grade coal, and seepages of petroleum. Cuba, Old and New|Albert Gardner Robinson These gentlemen are all familiar with what we should call the low-grade type of imbecile. The Criminal Imbecile|Henry Herbert Goddard If prices would advance, so as to make the low-grade ores profitable, the amount of our resources would be greatly increased. Checking the Waste|Mary Huston Gregory A very small percentage of low-grade flour is also made in this reduction. Scientific American Supplement No. 275|Various Substitution of lower-grade coals—of bituminous for anthracite, and of low-grade bituminous for high-grade bituminous coals. The Economic Aspect of Geology|C. K. Leith
Words related to low-gradesubstandard, average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack, imperfect, indifferent, junk, lemon, lousy, low-quality, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry |