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second-rate Adjective 1. not of the highest quality; mediocre 2. second in importance or rank: a second-rate citizen
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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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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