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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. moderate to inferior in quality;
- Example: "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"
[syn: mediocre, second-rate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

second-rate
    adj 1: moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the
           quality from mediocre to above average" [syn: mediocre,
           second-rate]