SECOND-RATE


Meaning of SECOND-RATE in English

— second-rateness , n. — secondrater , n.

/sek"euhnd rayt"/ , adj.

1. of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.

2. inferior; mediocre: a second-rate performance.

[ 1660-70 ]

Syn. 2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished, pedestrian, commonplace.

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