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third-rate

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third-rate (thûrdrt)
adj.
Of third quality or value, especially of less quality or value than second-rate.
third-rate
Adjective
mediocre or inferior
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Adj.1.third-rate - of lesser quality than second-rate
inferior - of low or inferior quality
third-rate
adjective mediocre, bad, inferior, indifferent, poor, duff Brit. (informal) shoddy, poor-quality, low-grade, no great shakes (informal) not much cop (informal) cheap-jack, half-pie N.Z. (informal) of a sort or of sorts, ropey or ropy Brit. (informal) bodger or bodgie Austral. (slang)
Translations

third-rate [ˈθəːdˈreɪt] adj → de poca calidad
third-rate [ˈθəːdˈreɪt] adj → de qualité médiocre
third-rate [ˈθəːdˈreɪt] third (pej) adj → drittklassig
third-rate [θəːdˈreɪt] adj → di qualità scadente


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"Diable," said Monte Cristo compassionately, "it is a hard blow for a third-rate fortune.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
There was something strangely incongruous in this Oriental figure framed in the commonplace door-way of a third-rate suburban dwelling-house.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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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