second-rate

Example Sentences

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With Netflix’s algorithmic approach and its need to keep its shelves overflowing with mostly second-rate material, might not the result veer toward AI slop?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

In the span of just a few months, Google has fought off concerns that AI would kill its Search business and has transformed Gemini from a second-rate chatbot into a serious competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

Mamdani's attempt to break into the competitive world of professional music did not last, with the performer-turned-politician calling himself a second-rate artist.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

I'd love to see Benitez come, but I suspect another second-rate manager is on the cards.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

At the time, the heart was thought to be a sideshow, a second-rate organ.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day