second-rate

Meaning

Adj

1. (UK, historical, not-comparable) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.

Noun

A second-rate ship of the line.

Synonyms

inferior

mediocre

middling

degree

fair

fair to middling

imperfect

inadequate

indifferent

low

mine run

minor-league

order

plain

poor

second

2nd

secondary

second-best

second class

second-class

sequence

shoddy

small-time

substandard

bad

👎

bush-league

bush

damaged

Translations

de second rang

médiocre

de second ordre

zweitklassig

mediocre

zweitrangig

zweiter in einer Reihe

zweite Klasse

δεύτερης ποιότητας

δευτερόλεπτο αναλογία

inférieur

pauvre

de qualité moyenne

de second plan

scarso