lowest

Adjective

low (comparative lower, superlative lowest)

1. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
   • standing on low ground

   Synonyms:

   nether, underslung

   Antonyms:

   high

   1. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than other regions.
      • the low countries
   2. Below the batter's knees.
      • the pitch (or: the ball) was low
2. Of less than normal height or upward extent or growth, or of greater than normal depth or recession; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
   • a low bow

   Synonyms:

   short, small, scrimp, shortsome, stubbed, stubby, stumpy, vertically challenged

   Antonyms:

   tall, elevated, eminent, exalted, high, lofty

   1. Low-cut.
      • Again, observe the unmeaningness of the low neck fashion. Our mothers wore low dresses and bare arms all day long; they knew if their shoulders and arms were beautiful they would look as well by daylight as by candlelight; […]1878, Mary Eliza Joy Haweis, The Art of Beauty, London: Chatto & Windus, page 83
3. Not high in status, esteem, or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar.)
   • low birth

   Synonyms:

   bad, mid, sad, sorry, ass, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum

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