second-class
Example Sentences
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We're almost 10 years into the use of the video assistant referee, and still the match-going fan is treated like a second-class citizen.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But Glenn and other devotees of factory-built housing hope to use the spotlight on recovery to show a still-skeptical public that prefab doesn’t mean second-class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Children won’t get "a first-class education in second-class schools", she argued after hundreds of schools had to close as a result of crumbling concrete.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
It was at a few after-hours music jam sessions with his co-workers that they got to talking about how in the world of AI audio had become “a second-class citizen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Again I was back in the lab, and the experiments I was doing were fun, in a second-class fashion.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
