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low-grade

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of inferior quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lousy, low-rent, second-rate, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap, cheap and nasty, cheapshit, cheesy, chintzy, coffee-and, crap, crappo, crappy, craptastic, crapperific, craptabulous, craptacular, cruddy, crummy, dogwater, drecky, flimsy, fourth-rate, gash, garbage, god-awful, inferior, low, low-grade, low-quality, made in China, mid, naughty, one-star, poor, poor man's, pound-shop, punk, rinky-dink, ropy, rubbish, sad, schlocky, scrubby, shoddy, slazy, slight, slim, subpar, shit, shite, shitty, substandard, ticky-tacky, tenth-rate, third-rate, tin-pot, trash, trashy, under par, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: high-grade

2

adj

Meaning 2

Minor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: high-grade

3

adj

Meaning 3

Not steep; nearly level (having a low grade).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

of inferior quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: долнокачествен (dolnokačestven) — of inferior quality
  • Finnish: huonolaatuinen — of inferior quality
  • German: minderwertig — of inferior quality
  • Malayalam: തരംതാഴ്ന്ന (tarantāḻnna) — of inferior quality
  • Russian: низкосо́ртный (nizkosórtnyj) — of inferior quality
  • Russian: низкопро́бный (nizkopróbnyj) — of inferior quality
  • Spanish: de baja calidad — of inferior quality
  • Arabic: مُنْخَفِض الدَّرَجَة (munḵafiḍ ad-daraja) — medicine
  • German: geringgradig — medicine