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lowlight

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From low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight.

noun lowlights

  1. A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect. He is not commenting on Dick Cheney’s marksmanship lowlights here.

    Opposite: highlight, midlight

  2. In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker color rather than a lighter one.

verb lowlights · lowlighting · lowlighted

  1. transitive To dye (part of the hair) a darker color than the rest.

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@misc{lowlight_2026,
  title = {lowlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lowlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}