'Second-rate' definitions:
Definition of 'second-rate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average" [syn: mediocre, second-rate]
Definition of 'Second-rate'
From: GCIDE
- Second-rate \Sec"ond-rate`\, a. Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]