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Definition of Second-Rate
Second-rate

Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.

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Second-Rate Quotations

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Judy Garland

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
Jean de la Bruyere

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
Doris Lessing

I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.
Paul McCartney

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
Cyril Connolly

Second-Rate Translations

second-rate in German is zweitklassig
second-rate in Swedish is sekunda


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