Synonyms for second-rate
sec·ond-rate

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1. mediocre, second-rateadjective

   moderate to inferior in quality

   "they improved the quality from mediocre to above average"

   Synonyms:
   fair, average, mediocre, middling

   Antonyms:
   superior

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1. List of paraphrases for "second-rate":

   second-class

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1. Franklin Templeton:

   If we do get a little sniff of higher yields or a wee bit of inflation or even a return to growth or even the Fed trying to get through to a second rate hike, we think the valuations (of banks) could start to reflect an improving fundamental scenario.

2. Judy Garland:

   Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.

3. The Trump campaign:

   Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via FOX News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night.

4. Shawn Baker:

   So both for ensuring kids' survival and then ensuring their future health and development, it's a huge intervention, i always characterize it that this is not some second-rate intervention we're trying to push on developed worlds, but this is really state of the art, the gold standard intervention that's relevant anywhere in the world.

5. Doris Lessing:

   What's terrible is to pretend that the 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.