low-grade

1. 1.

   of inferior quality

   Similarinferior

Questions about low-grade

What does low-grade mean?

low-grade means "of inferior quality".

How many syllables are in low-grade?

low-grade has 2 syllables and divides as low--grade under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is low-grade a common word?

low-grade is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.