adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
first-rate/second-rate/third-rate
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a second-rate author
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A second-rate actor, she thought.
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This time they are peddling water-filters, but the product is a second-rate consideration.
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We continue to be second-rate citizens-no, third-rate, since our sons come be-fore us.