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a cut below
adjective
Inferior to; of a lower quality than
Exact(26)
She'd been a shop-girl, a cut below, as it were.
On general play, though, they look a cut below.
Punches were thrown; Shine received a cut below his eye requiring three stitches.
The seats are comfortable, although materials (including leather) are a cut below, rather than above.
This time around, his louche songs – Hunter, Gush – are a cut below the lovey-dovier ones.
Ben had no points, and an elbow had given him a cut below his eyes, which was bleeding pretty badly.
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Unfortunately in the third quarter we lost our two-meter hole set (Jason Lee) to a cut just below his left eye.
Take a cut from below the break.
Make a cut just below the bendy part so that the bendable section is just attached to the straight bit (as shown).
Martin, though a great player, is a decided cut below the very elite (Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan) at his position.
NOAA: A $5.2 billion allotment would amount to a $274 million cut below current levels, and far less than the president's request for $5.98 billion.
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