low-slung

adjective

ˈlō-ˌsləŋ 

: relatively low to the ground or floor

a low-slung convertible

a low-slung modern building

a low-slung sofa

Synonyms

• little
• low
• low-lying
• sawed-off
• short

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Before the tornado, the street where Harris and his family lived was lined with mobile homes and low-slung small ranch houses, just a stone’s throw from the county’s courthouse. —Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023

Designer Kovac Design Studio leaned into midcentury features like low-slung furniture and floor-to-ceiling wood paneling. —Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 Mar. 2023

Imagine a small, clubby room with cozy leather booths tucked inside a low-slung, single-story brick building in Beverly Hills. —Devorah Lev-tov, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2023

For context, perhaps the Swissrider’s closest competition comes from the Wilier Filante Hybrid, which weighs almost exactly the same but caters to a much smaller customer base due to its more low-slung racing geometry. —Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023

Many lack seating, and are squeezed in aging, low-slung strip malls, next to coin laundromats or nail salons. —Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023

How, then, to increase the efficiency of the power transfer without having to make the low-slung receivers even more vulnerable? —Seungyoung Ahn, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2013

Mai Morsch, editor My new Agolde low-slung baggy jeans are quickly becoming a favorite item in my wardrobe. —Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023

Next door is a spacious living room with a low-slung, ’70s-style cognac leather couch, a grand piano that Loellmann inherited from his grandfather and a framed image by the Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. —Gisela Williams Kasia Gatkowska, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above