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[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
lower-ranking \lower-ranking\ adj.
inferior in rank or status.
Syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal),
secondary, subaltern, subordinate.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lower-ranking
adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a
lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking,
lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]