Similar words: second, secondly, secondary, secondhand, second hand, nanosecond, second to none, second wind. Meaning: adj. moderate to inferior in quality.
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1 Olivier's performance redeemed an otherwise second-rate play.
2 His novels are very second-rate.
3 This is a second-rate novel, because the readers' interest lags when the plot develops.
4 Not as a second-rate effort or a last-ditch effort.
5 A second-rate actor,[www.Sentencedict.com] she thought.
6 A second-rate Egyptologist unearths the diary of Eye, the grand vizier of the boy-king Tut.
7 Do old radio broadcasts, minor record labels and second-rate artists merit box sets?
8 We continue to be second-rate citizens-no, third-rate, since our sons come be-fore us.
9 What makes a second-rate actress like Jean so self-satisfied, so over-confident?
10 He seems so second-rate, so superficial, so shallow-and thus so dangerous.
11 Why are we content to settle for second-rate flavors, fake chocolates, no-fat cheeses, and chemical-tasting artificial sweeteners?
12 In the first skit, a second-rate star is organizing a Wild West charity benefit.
13 Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate.
14 He had been graduated from a second-rate medical school in Oklahoma and had practised in a small town ever since.
15 Most of the time re-enactments are performed by second-rate actors.
16 Many people begrudge paying so much money for a second-rate service.
17 She found it hard to live down her reputation as a second-rate actress.
18 Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies.
19 This time they are peddling water-filters, but the product is a second-rate consideration.
20 Rather it was the whole ethos of the monarchy which was felt to be dowdy and second-rate.
21 Less accomplished lecturers repeated the message at meetings of the second-rate institutions that infect academic life.
22 Taken at face value the words found sinister and can convey a false impression like some sort of second-rate horror movie.
23 After a spell in the army, he developed this into a business taking second-rate acts to provincial Soviet cities.
24 The danger is that while you put off the legwork, your money might be languishing in a second-rate account.
25 Scorned by the more expensive and mechanical toys, the shy young rabbit feels very second-rate and insignificant.
26 But the cartoonist is making a pun here, as bush league is also "Bush league", second-rate because it comes from people with minds like that of President George W. Bush.
27 Tom King was getting old; and old men, fighting before second-rate clubs, couldn't expect to run bills of any size with the tradesmen.
28 The third-rate article is the makeup of words, the second-rate article is the makeup of spirit, and the first-rate article is the makeup of life.
29 Continuing along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, "We will become a second-rate country.
30 It was confused with an exclusive focus on first-level care. For some proponents of development, it appeared cheap: poor care for poor people, a second-rate solution for developing countries.
More similar words: second, secondly, secondary, secondhand, second hand, nanosecond, second to none, second wind, split second, second-class, second person, microsecond, secondarily, millisecond, second nature, second thought, secondary data, secondary source, secondary color, in the second place, second childhood, secondary market, secondary school, on second thoughts, consecrate, consecrated, second law of thermodynamics, second industrial revolution, economic condition, beyond recognition.