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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Photo: Everett Collection Decades later, Sydney Pollack’s quintessential post-Watergate spy movie would explore a similar mood, casting Robert Redford as a low-level analyst who returns from a lunch run to find that everyone else in his office has been murdered.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Connecticut began reforming its mandatory minimums in 2000, and in 2015, the legislature did away with mandatory minimums for low-level drug crimes.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
Many have also long felt a low-level antipathy toward the U.S., held back for decades by fear and the desire to be good neighbors.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
An overwhelming majority of voters in November passed the measure, which reforms a pivotal 2014 law that made some low-level, nonviolent property and drug crimes, including stealing merchandise valued at less than $950, misdemeanors instead of felonies.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Connecticut began reforming its mandatory minimums in 2000, and in 2015, the legislature did away with mandatory minimums for low-level drug crimes.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
Many have also long felt a low-level antipathy toward the U.S., held back for decades by fear and the desire to be good neighbors.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
An overwhelming majority of voters in November passed the measure, which reforms a pivotal 2014 law that made some low-level, nonviolent property and drug crimes, including stealing merchandise valued at less than $950, misdemeanors instead of felonies.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-level. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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