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The author treats a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation of the form \[ f^{(k)}+A_{k-1}(z)f^{(k-1)}+\cdots+A_0(z)f=F(z), \qquad k\geq 2. \] Here, \(F(z)\not\equiv 0, A_{k-1}(z),\dots,A_0(z)\) are meromorphic functions with only finitely many poles, and, for some \(d\) \((0\leq d\leq k-1),\) they satisfy either (a) \(\sigma(A_j)<\sigma(A_d)<1/2\), \(0\leq j\leq k-1\), \(j\not=d\), or (b) \(A_d(z)\) is a transcendental function such that \(\sigma(A_d) =0,\) and \(A_j(z)\), \(0\leq j\leq k-1\), \(j\not=d\), are rational functions. For a meromorphic solution \(f,\) the growth order \(\sigma(f)\) and the exponent of convergence of the zero-sequence \(\lambda(f)\) are examined.