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 — [sek′ənd rāt′] adj. 1. second in quality, rank, etc.; second class 2. inferior; mediocre; inadequate second rateness n. second rater n … English World dictionary
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
