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Definition of Lower-ranking
1. Adjective. Inferior in rank or status. "A subordinate functionary"
Similar to: Junior
Derivative terms: Pettiness, Subaltern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lower-ranking
Literary usage of Lower-ranking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Resource Policies and Practices in American Firms (1993)
"Hence, employers will search more thoroughly for employees to fill higher-ranking
than lower-ranking jobs. The somewhat lower number of offers per hire made ..."
2. Vietnam Assessment: Creating a Sound Investment Climate edited by Suiwah Leung (1996)
"... in land improvement to be drained away to the middle and lower- ranking cadres
in local committees, rather than accruing to the farmers themselves. ..."
3. Struggling for Ethnic Identity: Czechoslovakia's Endangered Gypsies by Rachel Tritt (1992)
"However, the inculcation of police ethics into the training of lower-ranking
police officers has been quite varied. Dr. Vitek, the Director of the Police ..."
4. The Drama in Former Yugoslavia: The Beginning of the End or the End of the by Anton Zabkar (1998)
"Statements made by the chairman of the association of veterans of the 1991/92
war, officers of the guard, and many others, indicate that the lower-ranking ..."
5. The Origin of Emotions: Version 1.0 by Mark Devon (2006)
"In the Monkey Pay Per View study referred to in the previous chapter, monkeys
had to be paid more cherry juice to view pictures of lower- ranking monkeys. ..."
6. United States and Vietnam 1787-1941 by Robert Hopkins Miller (1994)
"... once again, numerous preliminary, ritualistic meetings with various lower-ranking
Vietnamese officials. The latter were polite but cautious, ..."
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