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second-rate

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sec⋅ond-rate

  [sek-uhnd-reyt]
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–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

Related forms:
second-rateness, noun
sec⋅ond⋅rat⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished, pedestrian, commonplace.
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sec·ond-rate   (sěk'ənd-rāt')
adj.  Of inferior or mediocre quality or value.
sec'ond-rate'ness n., sec'ond-rat'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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