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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The rise in cases is also the result of San Francisco police officers going after low-level lawbreakers.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
The legislature in 2021 significantly reduced penalties for low-level, nonviolent crimes in Colorado’s state courts.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Not only that, but Russia sent a low-level diplomatic delegation.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 May 2025
Narrated in the first person by Steve Burnet, a low-level Canadian diplomat in his 40s or 50s, the stories relate the history of himself and Lily Quale, both born in the 1920s in the aforementioned Montreal suburb, he to upper-class English Protestants, she to working-class Irish Catholics.
—Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
The legislature in 2021 significantly reduced penalties for low-level, nonviolent crimes in Colorado’s state courts.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Not only that, but Russia sent a low-level diplomatic delegation.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 May 2025
Narrated in the first person by Steve Burnet, a low-level Canadian diplomat in his 40s or 50s, the stories relate the history of himself and Lily Quale, both born in the 1920s in the aforementioned Montreal suburb, he to upper-class English Protestants, she to working-class Irish Catholics.
—Vivian Gornick, The Atlantic, 3 May 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-level. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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