junior-grade
- adjective
- /ˈdʒuːniər ɡreɪd/
Examples
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Butters is a junior-grade detective in his twenties and is black.
Fiction book (1998) -
Cadwallader was a junior-grade communications officer, Morgen was an ensign, and Ben Zoma was the first officer.
Fiction book (1991) -
Butters is a junior-grade detective in his twenties and is black.
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Cadwallader was a junior-grade communications officer, Morgen was an ensign, and Ben Zoma was the first officer.
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You are a lieutenant junior grade, assistant astrophysics officer.
Synonyms
Less important than the main thing or coming after it
Having lower rank or less experience than another person
A person of low rank or importance, for example a servant
Lower in rank or importance and under someone's control
A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization
Lower in rank or status than other people in the same group
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Junior-grade comes from junior meaning 'younger' and grade meaning 'step' or 'level'. So a junior-grade person is like someone on a lower step of the job ladder and has lower rank or status.