LOW-LEVEL Definition & Meaning

low-level

[ loh-lev-uhl ]

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adjective

undertaken by or composed of members having a low status:
a low-level discussion.
having low status:
low-level personnel.
undertaken at or from a low altitude:
low-level bombing.
Linguistics. occurring or operating at the phonetic level of linguistic representation or analysis:
low-level rules governing assimilation.

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Origin of low-level¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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Guantanamo is best known for holding suspected terrorists and the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, but some of the migrants held there are classified as “low-level” detainees.

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“The defendant was a low-level dealer selling drugs to supply her own addiction,” Wilson said.

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Confrontations between police and cocaleros resulted in scores of deaths, almost to the point of a low-level insurgency.

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Last month, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging lawmakers to take action to stop what he characterized as low-level drug dealers selling with impunity on Snapchat and other social media apps.

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A leading cause is long-term, low-level inhalation of asbestos.

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