Synonyms of low-grade

low-grade

adjective

ˈlō-ˈgrād 

as in cheap

of low quality

plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheap
• inferior
• poor
• terrible
• coarse
• rotten
• bad
• common
• low-rent
• worthless
• mediocre
• second-rate
• wretched
• shoddy
• useless
• rubbishy
• crappy
• counterfeit
• miserable
• bum
• junky
• cheesy
• execrable
• fake
• lousy
• gimcrack
• cheapjack
• trashy
• cut-rate
• sleazy
• schlocky
• bargain-basement
• shlocky
• shlock
• schlock
• trumpery
• valueless
• second-class
• lackluster
• tawdry
• swanky
• garish
• meretricious
• indifferent
• gaudy
• el cheapo
• showy
• kitschy
• swank
• glitzy
• flashy
• kitsch
• seedy
• ostentatious
• shabby
• phony
• phoney
• tacky
• sham
• splashy
• ultracheap
• brummagem
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• high-grade
• superior
• excellent
• good
• fine
• first-class
• handsome
• first-rate
• elegant
• top-notch
• tasteful
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

Examples of low-grade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Drinking coffee or tea may help reduce chronic low-grade inflammation, a key factor in the development of cardiometabolic diseases. —Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Sep. 2024

Whooping cough starts with symptoms that look a lot like a regular cold: a runny nose, sneezing, a low-grade fever and a tickly cough. —Brenda Goodman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024

Israel and Hezbollah have been in a low-grade war for almost a year, regularly trading missile and rocket fire across the border since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, a fellow ally of Iran, that killed 1,200 people. —Justin Salhani / Beirut, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024

For the past few years, civilian life in northern Norway has been under constant, low-grade attack. —Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024