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View definitions for second-rate

second-rate

adjective as in inadequate

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The government also said northern England had been stuck with "second-rate" transport links for too long, and that this was "leaving communities cut off and holding back growth".

From BBC

After a year on the sidelines as Red Bull's reserve, he won the Williams seat, partly on Russell's recommendation, but until this year he had been teamed only with second-rate drivers.

From BBC

I’m virtually certain Trump would tell us that he loves Europe — that is, he loves the idea of Europe as he thinks it used to be: picturesque, charming and distinctly second-rate.

From Salon

“Because those artists are asked to represent a democracy where back home they’re still second-rate citizens,” he says.

He’d like to lay the blame on his second-rate company, but he can’t escape his own role in the ensuing fiasco.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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