second-rateness
- a word derived from second-rate.
Example Sentences
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Maybe the second-rateness is not so surprising either.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2016
A sense of second-rateness creeps in early and lingers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2013
I had been thrown up out of the freemasonry of the preliminary struggle into a kind of backwater of established second-rateness, where there were also second-rate manners and morals and social perceptions.
From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter
Recognizing Mr. Galsworthy’s genius for the realistic representation of men and women, it must not be blinded by that genius to the essential second-rateness and sentimentality of much of his presentation of ideas.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
It seemed a monster meeting of Potterites at play—mediocrity, second-rateness, humbug, muddle, cant, cheap stunts—the room was full of it all.
From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
