third-rate
of the third rate, quality, or class.
distinctly inferior: a third-rate performance.
Origin of third-rate
1Other words from third-rate
- third-rater, noun
Words Nearby third-rate
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How to use third-rate in a sentence
In the past, it has actually helped the cause of freedom that politics is mostly a pursuit for third-rate talents.
First-rate and third-rate works of the same size brought similar prices.
The north side is occupied by a row of seventeenth-century houses turned into shops and third-rate cafs.
Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) OmondThrough Brook Street to the upper Bohemian quarter, where third-rate music-hall artists appear.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinWith either Mr. Shepard or Mr. Low elected, Tammany would dwindle—as one now beholds it—to be a third-rate influence.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | Various
There are too many cheap lawyers and third-rate politicians there.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | AnonymousAt last they came to a third-rate house, when a rough, common-looking woman opened the door and shutter.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for third-rate
not of high quality; mediocre or inferior
Derived forms of third-rate
- third-rater, noun
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