second-rate

See also second rate

English

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Noun

second-rate (plural second-rates)

1. (military, nautical, historical) a British ship-of-the-line sail warship that has 90 to 98 guns dispersed onto 3 gundecks.

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Adjective

second-rate (comparative more second-rate, superlative most 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

of mediocre quality

Chinese: 二流 (cmn) (èrliú) Finnish: sekunda (fi)

French: de second ordre (fr), de second rang (fr)

See also

• first-rate
• third-rate
• fourth-rate

Anagrams

• terasecond