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second-rate
Translations
more second-rate
Comp.
most second-rate
Super.
Main and most common use: describes quality or rank.
They spent the night in a rather second-rate motel on the outskirts of town.
Они провели ночь в довольно второсортном мотеле на окраине города.
The critics called the production a second-rate version of the classic play.
Критики назвали постановку посредственной версией классической пьесы.
Additional translations
Less frequent, but attested: modifies verbs to mean "in an inferior way."
The repairs were done second-rate and had to be redone a week later.
Ремонт был сделан посредственно, и через неделю всё пришлось переделывать.
Additional translations
Definitions
They spent the night in a rather second-rate motel on the outskirts of town.
The repairs were done second-rate and had to be redone a week later.