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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
adj
1. not of the highest quality; mediocre
2. second in importance, etc.
second-rater  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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), 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] ADJde segunda fila
some second-rate writeralgún escritor de segunda fila

second-rate [ˌsɛkndˈreɪt] adjdi second'ordine, scadente
second-rate [ˌsɛkndˈreɪt] adjdi second'ordine, scadente

second-rate من الدرجة الثانية podřadný andenrangs zweitrangig δευτεροκλασάτος mediocre huono médiocre drugorazredan di second’ordine 二流の 2등급의 tweederangs middelmådig drugorzędny de segunda categoria второсортный andra klassens ชั้นรอง ikinci kalite loại thường 次级的


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