ultralow

adjective

ul·​tra·​low ˌəl-trə-ˈlō How to pronounce ultralow (audio)
: 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

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Plus, borrowing during the era of ultralow interest rates in the 2010s was especially attractive. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026 One wild card is the situation in Japan, where a long era of ultralow borrowing costs appears to have ended. Arkansas Online, 3 Feb. 2026 The ultralow price makes this deal worth your time and consideration. Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 19 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for ultralow

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ultralow was in 1849

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“Ultralow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ultralow. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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