Definition of "second-rate" [sec•ond-rate]

Of inferior or mediocre quality or value. (adjective)

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Use "second-rate" in a sentence

"Georgia did remember, however, that being labeled a woman artist in the twenties was synonymous with being called second-rate."
"Or will we saddle our kids with debt, second-rate jobs, impossible interest rates, and a falling standard of living?"
""We can make culture and journalism into second-rate activities, and spend centuries remixing the detritus of the 1960s and other eras from before individual creativity went out of fashion," he complains."

Words like "second-rate"

aspire

eighteenth-century

first-class first-rate

inferior mediæval mediocre music hall

nineteenth-century

renowned run-down

seventeenth-century

third-rate up-and-coming world-famous