Definition of Low-grade

1. Adjective. Of inferior quality.

Similar to: Inferior

Definition of Low-grade

1. Adjective. Of inferior quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Low-grade

low-density(a)
low-density(p)
low-density lipoprotein
low-density lipoprotein receptors
low-density lipoproteins
low-doc loan
low-doc loans
low-dose CT scanning
low-down
low-end
low-enriched uranium
low-fat
low-fat diet
low-fat milk
low-grade (current term)
low-grade fever
low-grade fevers
low-hangers
low-hanging fruit
low-hanging fruits
low-key
low-keyed
low-level
low-level formatting
low-level language
low-level languages
low-level radioactive waste
low-life
low-lives

Literary usage of Low-grade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"low-grade ores, may then, also be defined as those which contain from 1^% to 5% of ... There are two methods, the dry and the wet, by which low- grade ..."

2. The Financial Organization of Society by Harold Glenn Moulton (1921)
"The financial machinery employed in the distribution of low-grade securities ... It is impossible to give a very precise definition of low-grade securities ..."

3. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"Successful application of concentrating processes means the present use of low-grade ores, thereby lessening the draft on the higher grade supplies. ..."

4. The Financial Policy of Corporations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1920)
"CHAPTER IX THE MARKETING OF low-grade SECURITIES Risk incident to all promotion,; ... So that when one refers to speculative or low-grade securities, ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"LE FEVRE.t FOREST GLEN, NT (New York Meeting, February, 1917) IN the West, capitalists have expended many millions of dollars developing the low-grade ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"Dr. Risley considers that a low grade of choroiditis resulting in disturbances of the nutrition of the ..."

7. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"(1) Competition in manufactures by low-grade labor. — Considering the first of these factors, we find English manufactures menaced by competition from two ..."

8. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"(i) Competition in manufactures by low-grade labor. — Considering the first of these factors, we find English manufactures menaced by competition from two ..."

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