1. second-rate - Noun
2. second-rate - Adjective
3. second-rate - Adjective Satellite
Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.
Source: Webster's dictionarysecond rate
they improved the quality from mediocre to above average Source: Internet
First, he is terribly uneven (much of his chamber music, a lot of his songs and most of his piano music might have been churned out by a second-rate salon composer from the 19th century on an off afternoon). Source: Internet
A young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post – an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network. Source: Internet
As a technological power, the United States was looking very much second-rate compared with its adversary. Source: Internet
Away from work I like to be active and outdoors, either with the Falkland Islands Defence Force and the fire service, or on my own time, walking, camping or doing sport (I’m a second-rate windsurfer and a beginner kite-surfer/buggier). Source: Internet
It's a Compton Thang is more than simply a second-rate Straight Outta Compton, though. Source: Internet