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second-rate

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sec·ond-rate (sknd-rt)
adj.
Of inferior or mediocre quality or value.

second-rateness n.
second-rater n.

second-rate
Adjective
1. not of the highest quality; mediocre
2. second in importance or rank: a second-rate citizen
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Adj.1.second-rate - moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
inferior - of low or inferior quality

second-rate
adjective inferior, mediocre, poor, cheap, pants (slang) commonplace, tacky (informal) shoddy, low-grade, tawdry, low-quality, substandard, low-rent (informal), chiefly U.S. for the birds (informal) two-bit U.S., Canad. (slang) end-of-the-pier Brit. (informal) no great shakes (informal) cheap and nasty (informal) rubbishy, dime-a-dozen (informal) bush-league Austral., N.Z. (informal) not much cop Brit. (slang) tinhorn U.S. (slang) strictly for the birds (informal) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE first-rate
Translations
second-rate [ˈsɛkəndˈreɪt] adjde segunda categoría
second-rate [ˈsɛkəndˈreɪt] second adjde deuxième ordre, de qualité inférieure
second-rate [ˈsɛkəndˈreɪt] second2 adjzweitklassig
second-rate [sɛkəndˈreɪt] adjscadente


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The third stormy cape of the world, which is the Leeuwin, receives generally its full name, as if to console its second-rate dignity.
I write you from the bosom of a Parisian menage--from the depths of a second-rate boarding-house.
Belgium distinguished herself among the second-rate states by a grant of 513,000 francs-- about two centimes per head of her population.
 
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