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third-rate

[thurd-reyt]

adjective

  1. of the third rate, quality, or class.

  2. distinctly inferior.

    a third-rate performance.



third-rate

adjective

  1. not of high quality; mediocre or inferior

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • third-rater noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of third-rate1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Nearly all season the Blues have walked over their opposition in Uefa's third-rate tournament, but they were really tested by Real Betis in Wroclaw, especially in the first half.

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"I kind of ditched them. I started listening to what A&R or the record labels felt they had slots for. I was called a third-rate Pat Benatar. I was probably a fifth-rate Pat Benatar."

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Today, it’s pumping out third-rate articles by AI-generated writers in a darkening corner of the internet.

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If Trump emerged from the make-believe world of pro wrestling, Ramaswamy emerges from the make-believe world of social media and the third-rate sectors of the right-wing media sphere.

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Instead, she resembled a third-rate politician who speaks exclusively to partisan cable news networks.

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