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low-level

adjective

Meaning

  • Relatively unimportant

    "The low-level bureaucrat couldn't help us and his boss could have but wouldn't."

  • Not intense

    "The low-level radiation released won't kill you immediately, but avoid long term exposure."

  • Of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction

    "The assembler generates low-level code."

  • Detailed

Synonyms

at the coal face,
brass tacks,
details,
front line,
nitty-gritty,
nuts and bolts,
trenches