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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And the drug can also bring unpleasant side effects like belly pain, nausea, diarrhea, and low-grade fever.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
Investigators say the blast pattern shows that the device was far more damaging than a low-grade explosive such as fireworks.
—Andres Gutierrez, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The result is a low-grade cultural fear, with people placing masking tape on device mics and TikTokers begging Siri to stop stalking them.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Pathologists measure the two cell areas that make up the majority of the cancer then add the scores together to come up with the Gleason score, which ranges from 6, a low-grade cancer, to 10, a high-grade cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025
Investigators say the blast pattern shows that the device was far more damaging than a low-grade explosive such as fireworks.
—Andres Gutierrez, CBS News, 20 May 2025
The result is a low-grade cultural fear, with people placing masking tape on device mics and TikTokers begging Siri to stop stalking them.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
Pathologists measure the two cell areas that make up the majority of the cancer then add the scores together to come up with the Gleason score, which ranges from 6, a low-grade cancer, to 10, a high-grade cancer, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-grade. Accessed 28 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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