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second-rate
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Second-rate
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sec·ond-rate
/
ˈsɛk
əndˈreɪt
/
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[
sek
-
uh
nd-
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
sec·ond-rate·ness,
noun
sec·ond·rat·er,
noun
Synonyms
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Second-rate
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zedonk
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quincunx
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gobo
. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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