Low-set in a sentence as an adjective

It's better than the alternatives, so far as I've tried, but that is one hellaciously low-set bar.

Low-set definitions

adjective

short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman"; "dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure"

See also: chunky dumpy squat squatty stumpy

adjective

lower than average; "lowset ears"; "a stocky low-set animal"

See also: lowset