second-rate

Meaning

1. adjective Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
2. adjective Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.
3. noun A second-rate ship of the line.

Similar words

inferior poor mediocre two-bit discount creep shabby secondary seedy second

Word family

second-rateness second-ratenesses second-rater second-raters