Definitions for: Second-rate

[adj] moderate to inferior in quality; "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"; "he would make a poor spy"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: inferior, mediocre, poor