low-level
adjective
low-lev·el
ˈlō-ˈle-vəl 
1
: occurring, done, or placed at a low level
2
: being of low importance or rank
3
: being or relating to nuclear waste containing low concentrations of radioactive components
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Narrated in the first person by Steve Burnet, a low-level Canadian diplomat in his 40s or 50s, the stories relate the history of himself and Lily Quale, both born in the 1920s in the aforementioned Montreal suburb, he to upper-class English Protestants, she to working-class Irish Catholics.
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Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025
Even low-level exposure can result in heavy metals slowly building up in the body over time.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
In the southwest, a low-level separatist insurgency has simmered for years, becoming more lethal recently.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Elon Musk will go down as a tragic figure of the Trump era—an actual industrialist visionary whose singular genius could have been used for something positive, rather than just firing a bunch of low-level bureaucrats and presiding over the brand destruction of a great American company.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025
Even low-level exposure can result in heavy metals slowly building up in the body over time.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
In the southwest, a low-level separatist insurgency has simmered for years, becoming more lethal recently.
—Salman Masood, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Elon Musk will go down as a tragic figure of the Trump era—an actual industrialist visionary whose singular genius could have been used for something positive, rather than just firing a bunch of low-level bureaucrats and presiding over the brand destruction of a great American company.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-level. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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