Definition of "second-rater" [second-rater]

• A person of second-rate ability or value (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB. tv — MFOB Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater?"
• "First up this week, Avengers/Invaders #7, a book that has gone from being one of my favorites to a second-rater in the span of the last couple issues."
• "To me, willful destruction is the mark of the second-rater, or of the failure."