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lower grade

lower grade is the comparative 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).

Forms of lower grade

alternative formlower-grade

Questions about lower grade

What is lower grade the comparative form of?
Lower grade is the comparative form of low-grade.

Words near lower grade in the dictionary

  1. Lower Franconia
  2. lower functioning
  3. lower garment
  4. lower garments
  5. Lower General Luna
  6. lower grade
  7. Lower Gwynedd
  8. Lower Heyford
  9. Lower Holker
  10. lower house
  11. lower houses

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