as in cheap
of low quality
plumbing fixtures that were made out of low-grade materials
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Recent Examples of low-grade
Exercise lowers chronic low-grade inflammation, reduces oxidative stress, increases endothelial production, and increases nitric oxide production in our vessels.
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Teresa Maalouf,
Verywell Health,
12 June 2026
The room became a low-grade surveillance game.
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Adam Howard,
Time,
10 June 2026
For whatever reason, production has decided that bombshell dates should be overnighters this year — perhaps as a sort of low-grade Casa Amor — and sprang for a set of Alaskan Kings to accommodate a minimum of three sexy singles in one.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
However, his lawyer's independent medical expert informed him the chemotherapy was unnecessary as his cancer was low-grade.
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Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for low-grade
Teresa Maalouf,
Verywell Health,
12 June 2026
The room became a low-grade surveillance game.
—
Adam Howard,
Time,
10 June 2026
For whatever reason, production has decided that bombshell dates should be overnighters this year — perhaps as a sort of low-grade Casa Amor — and sprang for a set of Alaskan Kings to accommodate a minimum of three sexy singles in one.
—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
However, his lawyer's independent medical expert informed him the chemotherapy was unnecessary as his cancer was low-grade.
—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for low-grade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-grade
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The revolution won’t come cheap.
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Across six online experiments, the researchers showed participants a cheaper lower-quality item such as a sweater alongside a pricier higher-quality version.
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Against Australia in the last 16, Argentina were again labouring when faced with an inferior opponent, digging in and determined to spoil their World Cup dreams.
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Uruguay tied again, this time a 2-2 stalemate against another adversary that less than two weeks ago, pretty much every soccer pundit would have deemed inferior.
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Rebecca Lowe joins Dan Patrick to discuss some of the top storylines around the World Cup, including Cristiano Ronaldo's poor play to start, the United States' potential and more.
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Will the gap between rural and urban America – and the gap between rich and poor America – decline or grow?
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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Most soils need to be amended with coarse sand or pumice for better drainage.
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Crews will experience coarse terrain, pervasive dust, and a surface unlike anything here on Earth.
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Are those still your worst fears?
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While a higher tracker error is not bad in and of itself, most investors become uncomfortable when their portfolio acts so differently from the index.
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To be fair, the DCEU, the preceding web of films, had nearly half of its movies land rotten scores.
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Big Red might be a braggart, a bully and rotten to the core, but Lasdun invokes Thomas De Quincey’s neat point about how a man’s capacity to rob says nothing about his propensity to murder.
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Even with data center experts and how common the trade has become now, the average hospital data center may take anywhere from two to five years.
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Recreational swimming is not permitted, yet anglers fishing for tilapia, largemouth bass and carp are a common sight along the rocky sides of the soft-bottom areas.
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“Low-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-grade. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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