Definitions

second-class

[sek-uhnd-klas, -klahs] / ˈsɛk əndˈklæs, -ˈklɑs /

ADJECTIVE

inferior

Synonyms

WEAK

average bad base common déclassé fair good-for-nothing hack imperfect indifferent junk lemon lousy low-grade low-quality low-rent mean mediocre middling ordinary paltry poorer sad second-rate shabby sorry substandard tawdry two-bit worse wretched

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Pensioners living in two tower blocks said they felt like "second class citizens" after a social landlord quadrupled their heating and hot water bills overnight.

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Citizens Advice described the change as "yet another blow to consumers", and said the change to the second class price was "unjust".

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Some of those who took part in public meetings told BBC News NI that people living in rural areas must not be treated like "second class citizens".

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Royal Mail should only deliver second class letters every other weekday to "protect" the future of the UK's postal industry, the industry regulator has proposed.

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Last week, Royal Mail was fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofcom for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail.

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