Complete Definition of "second-rate"

English
Adjective
second-rate

  1. Of mediocre quality, not first class.

#:They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearing second-rate, who nonethless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men. - Rudyard Kipling A Second-rate Woman 1888

Translations

French: de second ordre, de second rang
mid

te:second-rate
vi:second-rate

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