Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or being of low rank or importance.
- adjective Situated in or occurring at a low level.
- adjective Computers Of or relating to a computer language, such as an assembly language, in which each instruction corresponds to an instruction in machine language or allows instructions to address specific memory locations or other architectural elements.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective weak; not intense.
- adjective lower in rank or importance.
- adjective at a low level in rank or importance.
- adjective occurring at a relatively low altitude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective relatively
unimportant - adjective not
intense - adjective computing of, or relating to a
program , or tocode in which eachstatement corresponds to a singlemachine instruction - adjective
details
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- adjective lower in rank or importance
- adjective occurring at a relatively low altitude
- adjective at a low level in rank or importance
- adjective not intense
Etymologies
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Examples
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But what about the constant drip, drip, nag, nag of the so-called 'low-level' harassment that many disabled people face on a daily basis?
Many disabled people see harassment as inevitable, says equality watchdog 2011
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An Illinois nuclear plant lost electrical power this morning in what federal regulators classified as a low-level "unusual event."
USATODAY.com News 2012
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You don't want let children see you waging a war, but having them witness what Doherty calls "low-level skirmishes" is healthier for everyone.
www.startribune.com 2012
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Often individuals such as low-level drug dealers are detained, sometimes as much as a year before trial.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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We would ask some low-level agent, Who gave approval for these activities?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We would ask some low-level agent, Who gave approval for these activities?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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We would ask some low-level agent, Who gave approval for these activities?
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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While Marine aircraft continued flying missions, the Navy's Seventh Fleet was forced to redeploy on March 14 to avoid contamination after detecting low-level contamination in the air about 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, northeast of the Daiichi plant.
U.S. Military Finds Lessons in Japan's Crisis Nathan Hodge 2011
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He worked on traffic court cases, mortgage foreclosures, and some low-level criminal cases.
Fake Lawyer Tried Over 60 Cases With No Law Degree Will Guzzardi 2011
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He worked on traffic court cases, mortgage foreclosures, and some low-level criminal cases.
Fake Lawyer Tried Over 60 Cases With No Law Degree Will Guzzardi 2011
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