low-level

[ loh-lev-uhl ]

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adjective

undertaken by or composed of members having a low status:
a low-level discussion.
having low status:
low-level personnel.
undertaken at or from a low altitude:
low-level bombing.
Linguistics. occurring or operating at the phonetic level of linguistic representation or analysis:
low-level rules governing assimilation.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of low-level¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

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People said they had heard the low-level sound for a number of years.

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Israel is also sending a relatively low-level delegation to the late pontiff's funeral on Saturday, with only the country's Vatican ambassador in attendance.

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His legal exposure from the Capitol riot was not of the low-level "trespassing" charges.

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Despite some low-level trash talk, neither boxer overstepped the line during media events.

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Guantanamo is best known for holding suspected terrorists and the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, but some of the migrants held there are classified as “low-level” detainees.

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Low Latin low-level language

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