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low grade

low grade is the alternative form of low-grade.

Meaning of low-grade

Adjective

low-grade (comparative lower-grade, superlative lowest-grade)

  1. Of inferior quality.
    • Were the possibilities of improving the efficiency of British Railways' steam locomotives by making the best use of the reasonably satisfactory low-grade lump coal available today, and thereby saving more high-grade locomotive coal, borne in mind when it was decided to go ahead rapidly with...1961 September, “Talking of Trains: Greater scope for steam”, in Modern Railways, page 517
    Antonyms:
    high-grade
  2. Minor.
    • These studies have identified a novel role for MLKL in aging, revealing a delay in the age-related reduction in circulating lymphocytes and a protection from chronic, low-grade, sterile inflammation in female Mlkl^(–/–) aged mice.2023 February 8, Emma C. Tovey Crutchfield; Sarah E. Garnish; Jessica Day; Holly Anderton; Shene Chiou; Anne Hempel; Cathrine Hall; Komal M. Patel; Pradnya Gangatirkar; Katherine R. Martin; Connie S....
    Antonyms:
    high-grade
  3. Not steep; nearly level (having a low grade).

Questions about low grade

What is low grade the alternative form of?
Low grade is the alternative form of low-grade.

Words near low grade in the dictionary

  1. low gear
  2. low gears
  3. Low German
  4. Low Germany
  5. Low Gill
  6. low grade
  7. low grade fever
  8. low grade fevers
  9. low hangers
  10. low hanging fruit
  11. low hanging fruits

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