1
: of inferior grade or quality
2
: being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, least serious, or least competent
a low-grade fever
a low-grade infection
Examples of low-grade in a Sentence
plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials
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Early symptoms often resemble a common cold -- runny nose, cough and low-grade fever -- and typically last for one to two weeks.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
What the narrator has to get away from is the assortment of low-grade humiliations and condescending attitudes she is confronted with every day while clocked in at the restaurant.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
And after a 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde announced the latest blow to his starting staff, saying Zach Eflin would be shut down for a week with a low-grade lat strain.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology examined how eating fresh mangoes affected inflammation and insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese adults with low-grade chronic inflammation, as reported by SWNS.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
What the narrator has to get away from is the assortment of low-grade humiliations and condescending attitudes she is confronted with every day while clocked in at the restaurant.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
And after a 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde announced the latest blow to his starting staff, saying Zach Eflin would be shut down for a week with a low-grade lat strain.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology examined how eating fresh mangoes affected inflammation and insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese adults with low-grade chronic inflammation, as reported by SWNS.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-grade. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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low-grade
adjective
: being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, or least competent
a low-grade fever
a low-grade infection
compare high-grade
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