Synonyms for low-grade


Grammar : Adj
Spell : loh-greyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊˈgreɪd

Top 10 synonyms for low-grade Other synonyms for the word low-grade

Définition of low-grade

Origin :
  • 1867, originally in mining, with reference to ores, from low (adj.) + grade (n.).
  • adj inferior
Example sentences :
  • Am I a low-grade perjurer—and my friend what he was working round to show?
  • Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss
  • Low-grade radium residues are used to some extent as fertilizers.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • Kainit is a low-grade potash because the impurities have not been taken out.
  • Extract from : « Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement » by Alva Agee
  • He's the low-grade one, and she has to work overtime to make him pay.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • It's as weird a collection of low-grade life-forms as I've ever seen, but not plasmoid.
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • The coffee is about equal to low-grade Brazil, and is used principally as a filler.
  • Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers
  • These gentlemen are all familiar with what we should call the low-grade type of imbecile.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal Imbecile » by Henry Herbert Goddard
  • Leather waste may sometimes be used to make a low-grade glue.
  • Extract from : « Animal Proteins » by Hugh Garner Bennett
  • It is a low-grade ore, I should say, and tunnelling and shoring would eat it up.
  • Extract from : « Peter » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • Normally, he's a low-grade imbecile, but in trance-state he's wonderful.
  • Extract from : « Last Enemy » by Henry Beam Piper
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