second-rate

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, pedestrian, commonplace.

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