second-rate
Use Second-rate in a sentence
əndˈreɪt adjective
1.
of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
2.
inferior; mediocre: a second-rate performance.
Origin:
1660–70
1660–70
Related forms
sec·ond-rate·ness, noun
sec·ond·rat·er, noun
Synonyms
2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished, pedestrian, commonplace.
2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished, pedestrian, commonplace.
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| second-rate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not of the highest quality; mediocre |
| 2. | second in importance, etc |
| 'second-'rater | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Unrealism reflects an entire generation's conviction that the world they have inherited is a crummy second-rate duplicate.
Accommodations may not be great and the food may be second-rate.
It consistently produces second-rate textbooks that replicate the same flaws and failings over and over again.
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