third-rate
adjective
of the third rate, quality, or class.
third-rater
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a word derived from
third-rate.
Example Sentences
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And many, like ourselves, forego numerous pictures worth seeing rather than endure a "wake" over a second or third-rater.
From Time Magazine Archive
After all, Fritzie figured, he had only been knocked out twice in his life, once by one Milt Aron, another time, with considerable insistence, by a third-rater named Laddie Tonelli.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few weeks ago, in Baltimore, gentle Giant Simon had been licked by a third-rater named Jim Thompson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quipped Henry Fountain Ashurst: "I am confronted with such a situation that I must vote . . . for a third-termer rather than a third-rater."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was his ability at this process which had enabled him to build up his paper from a third-rater to its present position.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
