Antonyms for second-rate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sek-uhnd-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk əndˈreɪt |
Definition of second-rate
Origin :- 1660s, originally of ships; see rate (n.).
- adj mediocre
- adj inadequate
- They don't even know of the second-rate people or the third rate.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- It was a second-rate theatrical journal, still damp from the press.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Otherwise, to what use could these second-rate horses be put?
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
- It is strange how Dante has been left to second-rate interpreters!
- Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
- Obviously, here in America we have a sympathetic tolerance for the "second-rate."
- Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
- It is an affectation, and, in this country, a copy of a second-rate British affectation.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Pronunciation » by Otis Ashmore
- This order is too tame, this culture too second-rate, this goodness too uninspiring.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- But for all his vaudeville tactics he was by no means a second-rate scientist.
- Extract from : « This is Klon Calling » by Walt Sheldon
- There are even only second-rate cocottes about, none of the smart ones yet!
- Extract from : « The Smart Set » by Clyde Fitch
- Who write the dramatic critiques for the second-rate papers?
- Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Synonyms for second-rate
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