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subpremium

subpremium adjective: below premium grade.

Adjective

subpremium (comparative more subpremium, superlative most subpremium)

  1. Below premium grade.
    • That may be true of the absolute best meat, but if you’re going to tinker — and it’s a good idea to do so when using subpremium meat — you may want to think about a rub.2007 August 22, Mark Bittman, “For the Best Cuts, Here Are the Rubs”, in New York Times

Forms of subpremium

comparativemore subpremium
superlativemost subpremium

Origin of subpremium

From sub- + premium.

Questions about subpremium

What does subpremium mean?
Subpremium means below premium grade.
What part of speech is subpremium?
Subpremium is an adjective.

Words near subpremium in the dictionary

  1. subprefecture
  2. subprefectures
  3. subpreference
  4. subpreferences
  5. subprehensile
  6. subpremium
  7. subprepucial
  8. subpreputial
  9. subprimal
  10. subprimary
  11. subprimate

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