Definition of "junior-grade" []

• Inferior in rank or status (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Decent people may be shocked by reading about Washington's heavy-handed treatment of friends and foes alike, its bullying, use of diplomats as junior-grade spies, and snide remarks about world leaders."
• "Storywise, we're now in the third season, Gomez just got promoted to junior-grade lieutenant, and we're concurrent with "The Hunted.""
• "Picked up a few pieces of shrapnel—enough for a junior-grade Purple Heart, I guess."