Second-rate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Second-rate \Sec"ond-rate`\, a.
     Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a
     second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.
     --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  second-rate
       adj : moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality
             from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor
             spy" [syn: {mediocre}, {poor}]