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second-class

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sec·ond-class (sknd-kls)
adj.
1. Of secondary status: second-class issues.
2. Of or relating to travel accommodations ranking next below the highest or first class.
3. Of or relating to a class of U.S. and Canadian mail consisting of newspapers and periodicals.

second class adv.
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Adj.1.second-class - of inferior status or quality; "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"
inferior - of low or inferior quality

second-class
adjective
1. inferior, lesser, second-best, unimportant, second-rate, low-class Too many airlines treat our children as second-class citizens.
2. mediocre, second-rate, mean, middling, ordinary, inferior, indifferent, commonplace, insignificant, so-so (informal), outclassed, uninspiring, undistinguished, uninspired, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang), no great shakes (informal), déclassé, half-pie (N.Z. informal), fair to middling (informal) a second-class education
Translations
second-class [ˈsekəndˈklɑːs]
A. ADJ [compartment, carriage] → de segunda clase
second-class citizenciudadano/a m/f de segunda clase
second-class degree (Univ) → licenciatura f con media de notable
second-class hotelhotel m de segunda
second-class mail, second-class postcorreo m de segunda clase
a second-class return to London (Rail) → un billete de ida y vuelta a Londres en segunda
second-class seat (Rail) → asiento m de or en segunda
second-class stampsello m para correo ordinario
second-class ticketbillete m de segunda clase
B. ADV
to send sth second-classenviar algo por segunda clase
to travel second-classviajar en segunda

second-class [ˌsɛkndˈklɑːs]
1. adj
a. (mail) → ordinario/a; (ticket, carriage) → di seconda classe
b. (pej) (goods, quality) → scadente
2. adv to send sth second-classspedire qc per posta ordinaria
to travel second-class → viaggiare in seconda classe

second-class [ˌsɛkndˈklɑːs]
1. adj
a. (mail) → ordinario/a; (ticket, carriage) → di seconda classe
b. (pej) (goods, quality) → scadente
2. adv to send sth second-classspedire qc per posta ordinaria
to travel second-class → viaggiare in seconda classe

second-class مرتبة ثانية druhořadý andenklasses zweitklassig κατώτερης ποιότητας de segunda toisen luokan deuxième classe drugorazredan di seconda classe 二等の 2류의 tweedeklas- annenrangs drugiej klasy de segunda classe второго класса andra klassens อันดับสอง ikinci sınıf loại hai 二等的


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The dailies actually printed in Munich are all called second-class by the public.
She proposed that he should meet her in the second-class waiting-room at Victoria Station.
We went to the railroad depot, toward evening, and Ferguson got tickets for a second-class carriage.
 
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