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grunt level

grunt level is the alternative form of grunt-level.

Meaning of grunt-level

Adjective

grunt-level (comparative more grunt-level, superlative most grunt-level)

  1. At the lowest, basic, unsophisticated level.
    • We're talking about grunt-level thinking, and to get to that you have to go to the random particulars, or the particulars that seem to map out the random.2016, David Means, Hystopia: A Novel

Noun

grunt level (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The lowest, basic, least sophisticated level.
    • The point being that most of the work at the grunt level was not being done by FEMA, which never had many bodies, or even by the National Guard, which should have had many more bodies, but by Regular Army units.2008, John Ringo, The Last Centurion
    • This is a book about war at the grunt level, and another reviewer was good enough to remark that the story is “told straight.”2011, Keith Nolan, Death Valley: The Summer Offensive, I Corps, August 1969

Forms of grunt level

comparativemore grunt level
superlativemost grunt level

Questions about grunt level

What does grunt level mean?
Grunt level means the lowest, basic, least sophisticated level.
What is grunt level the alternative form of?
Grunt level is the alternative form of grunt-level.
What part of speech is grunt level?
Grunt level is a noun.

Words near grunt level in the dictionary

  1. grunsels
  2. Grunsky
  3. Grunskys
  4. Grunspan
  5. grunt
  6. grunt level
  7. grunt work
  8. grunt-horn
  9. grunt-horns
  10. grunt-level
  11. grunted

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