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
The other was 24-year-old Lou Nova of Alameda, Calif., an inexperienced second-rater.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says Pauline: "If I were a second-rater, I'd quit."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Gifford Lectures have never been given by a second-rater, and most of the great religious writing of the last half century has been done for them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their salaries run from £800 to £1,200 a year; and you can get either a first-class man, whose health prevents him from remaining in England, or a good second-rater for that sum.
From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell
