What is another word for second rate?
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɛkənd ɹˈe͡ɪt], [ sˈɛkənd ɹˈeɪt], [ s_ˈɛ_k_ə_n_d ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]
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Similar words for second rate:
- cheap (adjective)
- common (adjective)
- crummy (adjective)
- dinky (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- second-rate (adjective)
- second-rate/second-class (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Second rate:
adj.
• cheap (adjective)- worthless,
- paltry,
- garbage,
- catchpenny,
- valueless,
- garish,
- rotten,
- base,
- cruddy,
- scroungy,
- second-rate,
- sleazy,
- meretricious,
- raunchy,
- bad,
- no bargain,
- junky,
- dud,
- rinky-dink,
- glitzy,
- cheesy,
- terrible,
- white elephant,
- lousy,
- ratty,
- rubbishy,
- bogus,
- mangy,
- trumpery,
- flashy,
- ordinary,
- two-bit,
- trashy,
- tatty,
- no good.
- vulgar,
- hackneyed,
- characterless,
- philistine,
- raffish,
- stale,
- undistinguished,
- plebeian,
- colorless,
- hack,
- prosy,
- middling,
- trite,
- crass,
- baseborn,
- passable,
- pedestrian,
- nondescript,
- impure.
- trim,
- bush-league,
- petite,
- small time,
- minor,
- mini,
- dainty,
- neat,
- minor-league,
- second rate,
- lilliputian,
- small-fry,
- small fry,
- insignificant,
- lesser,
- miniature,
- secondary,
- small-time.
- faulty,
- unwelcome,
- despicable,
- disliked,
- horrible,
- vile,
- unpopular,
- dirty,
- hateful,
- vicious,
- slovenly,
- execrable,
- low,
- outrageous,
- harmful,
- awful.
- uncostly,
- meager,
- depleted,
- scant,
- sparse,
- trifling,
- cut-rate,
- slashed,
- economical,
- little,
- small,
- modest,
- marked down,
- inexpensive,
- cut,
- puny,
- reasonable,
- nominal,
- moderate.
- lowborn,
- down-at-heel,
- lowly,
- servile,
- limited,
- menial,
- unwashed,
- humble,
- obscure,
- seedy,
- ineffectual,
- beggarly,
- ignoble,
- proletarian,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- petty,
- run-down,
- pitiful,
- wretched,
- narrow,
- scruffy.
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
How to use "Second rate" in context?
When we speak of "second rate," we're talking about something that's not as good as it could be. It's not as good as something else. To be second rate is to be below average in quality. In some cases, something might be second rate because it's not the best available option. In other cases, something might be second rate because it's not up to the standards of the people who use it. In either case, it's not good enough and should be improved.
Judging something as second rate can be tough.
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