low-grade

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low-grade

adjective lower-grade · lowest-grade · low grade · lowgrade · lower grade · lowest grade

  1. Of inferior quality. Were the possibilities of improving the efficiency of British Railways' steam locomotives by making the best use of the reasonably satisfactory low-grade lump coal available today, and thereby saving more high-grade locomotive coal, borne in mind when it was decided to go ahead rapidly with replacem

    Similar: lousy, low-rent, second-rate, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty · Opposite: high-grade

  2. Minor. These studies have identified a novel role for MLKL in aging, revealing a delay in the age-related reduction in circulating lymphocytes and a protection from chronic, low-grade, sterile inflammation in female Mlkl^(–/–) aged mice.

    Opposite: high-grade

  3. of roadbeds or other earthworks Not steep; nearly level (having a low grade).

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adj of inferior quality

Españolde baja calidad
Deutschminderwertig
Русскийнизкосо́ртный nizkosórtnyj, низкопро́бный nizkopróbnyj

adj medicine

Deutschgeringgradig
العربيةمُنْخَفِض الدَّرَجَة munḵafiḍ ad-daraja

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@misc{low_grade_2026,
  title = {low-grade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/low-grade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}