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
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Second rate — Portail du rock Principaux courants Scènes régionales Groupes et musiciens Par instrument Par nationalit … Wikipédia en Français
Second Rate — est un groupe de punk rock mélodique originaire de Besançon (France). Le groupe a été créé en 1998 sur les cendres de deux autres groupes, Gimp et Undully . Second Rate se sépare en octobre 2003, laissant à la place à Lost Cowboy Heroes, Hawaii… … Wikipédia en Français
Second-rate — Sec ond rate , a. Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second rate ship; second rate cloth; a second rate champion. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
second-rate — adj [usually before noun] not of the very best standard or quality →↑first rate ▪ a second rate artist … Dictionary of contemporary English
second-rate — second rateness, n. secondrater, n. /sek euhnd rayt /, adj. 1. of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second rate poet. 2. inferior; mediocre: a second rate performance. [1660 70] Syn. 2. middling, inadequate, undistinguished,… … Universalium
second-rate — adjective not of good quality: a second rate football team … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
second-rate — / second class [adj] inferior, cheap cheap and dirty*, common, commonplace, déclassé, hack*, low grade, low quality, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry; concepts 334,567,574 Ant. excellent, first class, first rate, great,… … New thesaurus
second-rate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of mediocre or inferior quality. DERIVATIVES second rater noun … English terms dictionary
second-rate — index inferior (lower in quality), mediocre, poor (inferior in quality) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
second-rate — mediocre, middling, *medium, moderate, average, fair, indifferent … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Second-rate — In the British Royal Navy, a Second rate was a ship of the line mounting 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks. They were essentially smaller and hence cheaper versions of the three decker First rates. Like the First rates, they fought in the centre… … Wikipedia
