Might mean (unverified): Having low status or importance.
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▸ adjective:  (often offensive, idiomatic) Accorded relatively little importance.

Similar:
low-status, inferior, petty, slighted, paltry, low-class, low-down, mean, nowhere, base, more...

Phrases:
low man on the totem pole, more...

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Similar:
low-status, inferior, petty, slighted, paltry, low-class, low-down, mean, nowhere, base, more...

Phrases:
low man on the totem pole, more...



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