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Definitions

second-class

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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A first class stamp now costs £1.80 - an increase of 10p - while a second class letter has risen by 4p to 91p.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“He thinks it’s really important that the authors of the 14th Amendment came in and granted citizenship on this principle that there’s no second class of people born in this country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

A cornerstone of its defence is that delivery rules need to change so second class mail can be taken out less frequently.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Ofcom said making changes to second class deliveries could save the loss-making Royal Mail between £250m and £425m.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Among Chicago’s leading citizens there was always a deep fear of being second class.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson