second-rater
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Meyerhoff, one of the Schaubühne’s finest actors, injected fresh life into his character, a popular second-rater who probably suspects that he’s a hack.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
Floridans began to call the hurricane a second-rater, when from Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, came delayed reports : Most destructive hurricane in Bahamian history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among fighter pilots who have flown this second-rater over 300 hours you'll find they think a hellofalot of that beat-up old crate.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A first-rate second-rater," Chamberlain found him, "who some day may be a big man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, you see," he replied thoughtfully, "in my profession I always was a second-rater.
From The Mountebank by William John Locke
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