1
: of inferior grade or quality
2
: being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, least serious, or least competent
a low-grade fever
a low-grade infection
Examples of low-grade in a Sentence
plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials
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Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 June 2026
The room became a low-grade surveillance game.
—Adam Howard, Time, 10 June 2026
For whatever reason, production has decided that bombshell dates should be overnighters this year — perhaps as a sort of low-grade Casa Amor — and sprang for a set of Alaskan Kings to accommodate a minimum of three sexy singles in one.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 4 June 2026
However, his lawyer's independent medical expert informed him the chemotherapy was unnecessary as his cancer was low-grade.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-grade. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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low-grade
adjective
: being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, or least competent
a low-grade fever
a low-grade infection
compare high-grade
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