second-rater
Example Sentences
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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
Gene Kelly sings and dances too well to be a convincing second-rater, but he gives an agile performance as the camp entertainment director.
From Time Magazine Archive
The British consensus is that Georgy Malenkov is an able fellow and Bulganin an amiable second-rater, but that Khrushchev is a crude, crafty and headlong ruler who must be watched and cannot be trusted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the champ, who is honest clear through, admitted that his foe�old Jersey Joe Walcott�was a second-rater.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just because I said that Jed The Red is a second-rater, don’t think for a moment that he fights like a schoolboy now.
From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto
