- lower-ranking
- lower-ranking lower-ranking adj.
inferior in rank or status.
Syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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