Local English word record

junior-grade

adjective · 1 sense

inferior in rank or status

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Examples

  • the junior faculty
  • a lowly corporal
  • petty officialdom
  • a subordinate functionary

Word relationships

Synonyms

lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern

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