| little(adjective, light, small, insignificant) |
| lousy(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| low(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| low-grade(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| low-hanging(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| low-lying(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| low-rent(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| low-set(collateral, subalternate) |
| lower rung(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| mean(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| measly(adjective, light, small, insignificant, little) |
| mediocre(lower, substandard) |
| middling(lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| minor-league(collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| nastiest(adjective, least) |
| negligible(adjective, light, small, insignificant, little) |
| not high(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| not lineal(expression, collateral, subalternate, low-set) |
| not up to snuff(expression, idiom, lower, mediocre, substandard) |
| on the QT(expression, idiom, sub-rosa, groundward) |