low-pressure

[loh-presh-er]

low-pres·sure

[loh-presh-er]
adjective
1.
having or involving a low or below-normal pressure, as steam or water.
2.
without vigor or persistence; not forceful or aggressive: a low-pressure campaign.
3.
quietly persuasive; subtle; indirect: a low-pressure salesman.

Origin:
1820–30
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Low-pressure is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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low-pressure
 
adj
1.  having, using, or involving a pressure below normal: a low-pressure gas
2.  relaxed or calm

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