second-rate (redirected from second-rateness)

sec·ond-rate (sknd-rt)

adj.

Of inferior or mediocre quality or value.

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second-rateness n.

second-rater n.

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second-rate

adj

1. not of the highest quality; mediocre

2. second in importance, etc.

second-rater  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

second-rate - moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" mediocre inferior - of low or inferior quality

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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), piss-poor (slang), bush-league (Austral. & N.Z. informal), not much cop (Brit. slang), tinhorn (U.S. slang), half-pie (N.Z. informal), strictly for the birds (informal) another second-rate politician
excellent, superior, first-class, fine, quality, choice, good quality, high-class, first-rate, a cut above (informal), de luxe

Translations

second-rate [ˈsekəndˈreɪt] ADJ → de segunda fila
some second-rate writer → algún escritor de segunda fila

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second-rate [ˌsɛk/əndˈreɪt] adj → di second'ordine, scadente

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