low-powered

adjective

Possessing little power or capacity.

Similar
powerless
Opposite
high-powered
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Meanings

adjectivelow-powered (comparative lower-powered, superlative lowest-powered)

comparative lower-powered · superlative lowest-powered

  1. businessPossessing little power or capacity.

    To me it seems that extensive investment in relatively low-powered units may have the same ultimate result of motive power shortage as that which afflicts the London Midland Region today, and which has compelled the re-engining of some of the earlier multiple-unit diesel train sets.

    1958 June 29, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 412
  2. engineeringOf an instrument, capable of minimal magnification.

    Antonyms: high-powered

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf an instrument, capable of minimal magnification.

Opposite
high-powered

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving little power to do work

Similar
powerless
Also see
low-powerpowerless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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