low-level
adjective
low-lev·el
ˈlō-ˈle-vəl 
1
: occurring, done, or placed at a low level
2
: being of low importance or rank
3
: being or relating to nuclear waste containing low concentrations of radioactive components
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Even low-level pain can interfere with your ability to eat and enjoy day-to-day life.3
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Flood impacts include minor inundation of parking lots and nearby gravel roads and low-level overflow into adjacent areas.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Last week, Trump and Congress – under the new Laken Riley Act – shifted the priority for immigration enforcement to more people in the U.S. without legal status, including those without serious criminal offenses, mandating detention for people accused, charged with or convicted of low-level crimes.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
With his relatively low rank, as well as a low-level security clearance, Zhao may have seemed like an unlikely target.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
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Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
Flood impacts include minor inundation of parking lots and nearby gravel roads and low-level overflow into adjacent areas.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Last week, Trump and Congress – under the new Laken Riley Act – shifted the priority for immigration enforcement to more people in the U.S. without legal status, including those without serious criminal offenses, mandating detention for people accused, charged with or convicted of low-level crimes.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
With his relatively low rank, as well as a low-level security clearance, Zhao may have seemed like an unlikely target.
—Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-level. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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