1. third rate - Noun
2. third rate - Adjective
3. third rate - Adjective Satellite
of lesser quality than second-rate
Source: WordNetthird-rate
First rate mathematicians choose first rate people, but second rate mathematicians choose third rate people. André Weil
If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy...a banana republic. Paul Keating
My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve. Marilyn Monroe
Gladys, her mother and two younger siblings toured the United States by rail, performing in third-rate companies and plays. Source: Internet
Where Cruz is probably first-rate intellect, second- or third-rate personality. Source: Internet
Now, because of their insolence, the league has to listen to Chad brag all year about how he got a steal in the fifth round because the homer let a sleeper wideout fall on the draft boards for their team’s third-rate slot receiver. Source: Internet