second-rateприлагательное Main and most common use: describes quality or rank.
Переводы
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.
Определения
Of inferior or mediocre quality, importance, or rank; not first-class. They spent the night in a rather second-rate motel on the outskirts of town.
Less frequent, but attested: modifies verbs to mean "in an inferior way."
Переводы
The repairs were done second-rate and had to be redone a week later.
Ремонт был сделан посредственно, и через неделю всё пришлось переделывать.
Определения
In an inferior or mediocre manner. The repairs were done second-rate and had to be redone a week later.