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third-rate adj
not of high quality; mediocre or inferior third-rater n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
third-rate adjective mediocre, bad, inferior, indifferent, poor, duff (Brit. informal), shoddy, poor-quality, low-grade, no great shakes (informal), chickenshit (U.S. slang), not much cop (informal), cheap-jack, half-pie (N.Z. informal), of a sort or of sorts, ropey or ropy (Brit. informal) a third-rate movie 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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"Diable," said Monte Cristo compassionately, "it is a hard blow for a third-rate fortune. There was something strangely incongruous in this Oriental figure framed in the commonplace door-way of a third-rate suburban dwelling-house. In poor Maggie's highly-strung, hungry nature,--just come away from a third-rate schoolroom, with all its jarring sounds and petty round of tasks,--these apparently trivial causes had the effect of rousing and exalting her imagination in a way that was mysterious to herself. |
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