A condition of low priority; in a cooking phrase, it usually follows "on the..."
If there are no such threads, then the kernel looks for lower-priority 
threads... [DOC] [TLE] ATP Systems Help Put Clean to the Test - Food Safety Magazine [PAR] This is followed by the removal of pathogens, lowest possible level of other ... 
Lower on the scale of microbial cleanliness is the reduction of microbial numbers 
to levels ... Keeping unwanted microbes from growing is a lower priority and 
refers to the ....