single-digit

adjective

: having a number or percentage that is 9 or less

a single-digit increase

Examples of single-digit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Perhaps the greatest drag on Target’s future performance – Target is guiding on a low single-digit decline in sales this year – is that some 40% of Target employees have lost confidence in the company, according to an in-house survey of 260,000 employees, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Lawson said their goal is to increase business for both stores from the high single-digit millions to double-digit millions for the first year. —Kristin Larson, Footwear News, 15 Aug. 2025

That meant that the states seeing the highest increase in postings were largely in the double and single-digit range, other than South Carolina, which saw an increase of 432; Pennsylvania by 400; and Connecticut by 186. —Eoin Higgins, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025

Any single-digit error will change the sum by a one-digit number, so the mistaken sum will definitely not be a multiple of 10. —Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for single-digit

• digit
• fidget
• midget
• widget