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low-powered

low-powered

1 3.7
A device or signal that uses little energy and is not very strong
  • adjective
  • /loʊˈpaʊərd/
translation icon : de baja potencia
  • The Intel Xeon E3-1265L comes to mind at the top end of low-powered servers, and the Intel Core i5-3470T should also get a mention.
  • use low-powered

I'll talk about that in the in the you can do things like switch the drives to low power mode.

Examples

  • For decades, leakage current has posed concerns in machine control applications that use low-powered devices, such as relays and sensors.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The program uses low-powered elements, resulting in an efficient computation platform.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Just curious because I mean, it's very low power, low cost device.

  • it's famous because it's extremely low power. And so I see the same thing being done. Oh, it's first Gen.,

  • And if you look at microcontrollers, they often have a whole host of low power states that you can be in.

  • It's more for low power consumption, low footprint, small footprint type systems.

  • It's hard to imagine it being acceptable on a low-powered device.

    Blog text (19)
  • While devices like UMPCs tried to fill that need, they were too low-powered and too expensive, with some considering them too small.

    Blog text (12)
  • All smartphones are able to receive short-range, low-powered signals over the Bluetooth protocol.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The old satellites are also low-powered, so the dishes must be large to capture an intelligible signal.

Synonyms

underpowered
vslow-powered
2 5.5

Not strong enough to do something well

describes having little power or using little energy regardless of need

Antonyms

45 4.4

Very strong and effective for machines, people, or actions

How Powerful

high-powered
45 4.4
powerful
1.7
low-powered
1 3.7
powerless
138 3.6

Surface Forms

low-powered positive

Morphology

low-powered = low + powered (transparent) = low + power + ed

A straightforward compound of 'low' and 'powered'; 'powered' is a regular participial adjective from 'power' + '-ed', so the meaning is directly 'having little power'.

Etymology

Low-powered is made from low ('not high') and power ('ability to do work'), so it literally means 'not much power' and is used for machines, devices, or signals that are not very strong.