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Second-rate
Second-rate
sec·ond-rate
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
of inferior value or quality, i.e. not very good;
e.g. They were served a second-rate meal which none of them enjoyed.
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Bad
Bargain-basement
Brag
Bum
Cheap
Cheapjack
Cheesy
Coarse
Common
Commoner
Crappy
Execrable
Fair
Indifferent
Inferior
Lousy
Mean
Media
Mediocre
Medium
Middling
Minor
Miserable
Ordinary
Passable
Poor
Run-of-the-mill
Run-of-the-mine
Second-class
Secondary
Shoddy
Sleazy
So-so
Tawdry
Terrible
The
Trashy
Trumpery
Two-bit
Unimpressive
Worse
Wretched
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A-OK
A1
Acceptable
Adequate
Agreeable
Airy
All right
August
Awesome
Bang-up
Banner
Baronial
Beautiful
Beautifully
Bijou
Blue chip
Blue-ribbon
Boffo
Bonny
Boss
Brave
Bully
Bumper
Capital
Choice
Classic
Cool
Copacetic
Corking
Crackerjack
Cracking
Dainty
Dandy
Deficient
Definitive
Delicate
Deserving
Distinguished
Divine
Dope
Ducky
Dynamite
Elegant
Epic
Excellent
Exceptional
Exemplary
Exquisite
Fab
Fabulous
Famous
Fantabulous
Fantastic
Fine
First-class
First-rate
First-string
Five
Five-star
Four
Four-star
Frontline
Gallant
Gangbuster
Gangbusters
Gilt-edged
Glorious
Gone
Good
Grand
Grandiose
Great
Groovy
Handsome
Heavenly
Heroic
High-class
High-grade
High-test
Homeric
Hot
Hunky-dory
Hype
Imitable
Immense
Imperial
Imposing
Inadequate
Incomparable
Inimitable
Insufficient
Jake
Jim-dandy
Lovely
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Magnificent
Majestic
Major
Marvelous
Massive
Matchless
Maximum
Mean
Meritorious
Model
Monumental
More
Neat
Nifty
Noble
Nonpareil
Nuanced
Numero uno
OK
Only
Optimal
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Outstanding
Palatable
Palatine
Peachy
Peerless
Phat
Polished
Preeminent
Premium
Primary
Prime
Primo
Prize
Prizewinning
Proud
Quality
Quintessential
Radical
Rare
Refined
Regal
Righteous
Royal
Satisfactory
Select
Selected
Senior
Sensational
Shelf
Slick
Special
Splendid
Splendiferous
Stately
Stellar
Sterling
Subtle
Sufficient
Superb
Superior
Superlative
Supernal
Supreme
Swell
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Textbook
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Topflight
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Unmatched
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Unsatisfactory
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Wizard
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Adequate
All right
Amiss
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Awful
Bad
Brummagem
Cheesy
Common
Counterfeit
Decent
Defective
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Dismal
Dowdy
Empty
Execrable
Fair
Fairish
Fake
Fine
Flashy
Garish
Gaudy
Good
Horrible
Inadequate
Indifferent
Inelegant
Insufficient
Junior
Kitsch
Lackluster
Less
Lesser
Low-rent
Lower
Meretricious
Middling
Minimal
Minor
Moderate
Modest
Nice
OK
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Ordinary
Ostentatious
Passable
Petty
Phony
Presentable
Reasonable
Respectable
Rotten
Satisfactory
Second-class
Seedy
Serviceable
Shabby
Sham
Showy
Small-time
Splashy
Subordinate
Sufficient
Swank
Tawdry
Terrible
Ticky-tacky
Tolerable
Trashy
Two-bit
Unacceptable
Under
Unexceptional
Unfashionable
Unsatisfactory
Unstylish
Useless
Vain
Worthless
Wrong
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