low-rise

adjective

ˈlō-ˈrīz 

1

: having few stories and not usually equipped with elevators

a low-rise apartment/office building

2

: of, relating to, or characterized by low-rise buildings

a low-rise housing development

3

: having a shorter than standard rise (see rise entry 2 sense 7)

low-rise jeans

The finishing touch of her ensemble then came in the form of "old school," low-rise brown suede … pants and coordinating brown leather boots.

—Claudia Miller

Jeans can also be OK … in some work environments, but not the "Saturday night jeans" that are low-rise and sexy.

—Paula Rath

Examples of low-rise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The early 2000s keeps on giving us a regurgitation of fitting trends from low-rise jeans to skinny jeans, which are inevitably back to many people’s dismay. —Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 29 May 2024

The company owes its blowout numbers to savvy clearance sales, a pull-back on promotions and inventory, and its grasp on what’s in vogue, like the wide-leg, low-rise jean. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 May 2024

Last week, she was photographed at Billie Eilish's listening party rocking low-rise shorts and a white crop top underneath a racer jacket. —Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024

Charter amendments in the late 1970s locked in 26 acres of open space but paved the way for shops and restaurants in the low-rise pavilions. —Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024

Think large tinted sunglasses paired with a tube top, low-rise baggy jeans, or even capris with a pair of kitten heels. —Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 May 2024

Set in 2005, the movie is a fever dream of early aughts nostalgia, filled with music show parodies (à la American Idol) and low-rise pants. —Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Concept art of the Eastside retail area on the Toy Story parking lot features a central lagoon surrounded by shops and a low-rise hotel with a parking structure near the corner of Katella Avenue and Haster Street. —Brady MacDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024

Fox dressed in all denim, wearing an oversized denim shirt over a tiny green bandeau top, along with super low-rise jeans and denim boots. —Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1