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 number of people arrested in New York City for low-level offenses who are being put through the system rather than being given desk appearance tickets rose sharply in the first two months of 2025, a trend the Legal Aid Society is linking to two in-custody deaths.
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
An appeals court sent the case back down, asking a federal judge to reconsider whether DeSantis would have suspended Warren based on his performance and policies around prosecuting low-level misdemeanors.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
An appeals court sent the case back down, asking a federal judge to reconsider whether DeSantis would have suspended Warren based on his performance and policies around prosecuting low-level misdemeanors.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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“Low-level.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-level. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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