ultralow

adjective

ul·​tra·​low ˌəl-trə-ˈlō 

: extremely or extraordinarily low

ultralow interest rates

vehicles with ultralow emissions

Communicating with subs thousands of miles away, under thousands of feet of ocean, requires ultralow frequencies.

—Noah Shachtman

Examples of ultralow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The increasing unlikelihood that the ultralow borrowing rates of the 2010s will come back any time soon has made the situation all the more dangerous. —Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Since launching in the United States, Shein and Temu have given Western retailers a run for their money by offering products at ultralow prices, coupled with avalanches of digital or influencer advertising. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025

In 2023, Sparc signed an agreement with Shein, the Chinese e-commerce retailer known for its ultralow prices. —Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2025

Unemployment recently jumped to its highest level since October 2021, after more than two years of the jobless rate hovering under an ultralow 4% rate. —Bryan Mena, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ultralow

• afterglow
• akimbo
• albino
• aliquot
• allegro
• amigo
• apropos
• audio
• bungalow
• calico
• calypso
• cameo