low-rise

adjective

ˈlō-ˈrīz 

1

: having few stories and not usually equipped with elevators

a low-rise apartment/office building

2

: of, relating to, or characterized by low-rise buildings

a low-rise housing development

3

: having a shorter than standard rise (see rise entry 2 sense 7)

low-rise jeans

The finishing touch of her ensemble then came in the form of "old school," low-rise brown suede … pants and coordinating brown leather boots.

—Claudia Miller

Jeans can also be OK … in some work environments, but not the "Saturday night jeans" that are low-rise and sexy.

—Paula Rath

Examples of low-rise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many of the low-rise apartment blocks are only partially filled, often not by miners but by people attracted to cheap housing. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026

The sweet, feminine silhouette will read upstate country mouse meets city chic with Mary Jane flats, loafers, or low-rise sneakers. —Irene Richardson, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026

Capri Pants Capri pants, which had a moment in the 1950s and ’60s, and then again in the late ’90s and early 2000s, are one of those weird garments that shouldn’t work but somehow just do–especially with a little low-rise heel and a spaghetti strap top. —Daisy Jones, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026

Additionally, low-rise denim shorts have been mainstay across retailers’ assortments ahead of Coachella. —Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1