- third-rate
- adjective Date: 1814 of third quality or value; specifically worse than second-rate • third-rater noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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third-rate — third rater, n. /therrd rayt /, adj. 1. of the third rate, quality, or class. 2. distinctly inferior: a third rate performance. [1640 50] * * * … Universalium
third-rate — third′ rate′ adj. 1) of the third rate, quality, or class 2) distinctly inferior • Etymology: 1640–50 third′ rat′er, n … From formal English to slang
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third-rate — adjective of very low quality: a third rate football team … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
third-rate — [thd̂′rāt′] adj. 1. third in quality or other rating; third class 2. inferior; very poor third rater n … English World dictionary
third-rate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of inferior or very poor quality … English terms dictionary
Third-rate — In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line mounting 64 to 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two decker).RatingWhen the rating system was first established in the 1670s, the third rate was… … Wikipedia
third-rate — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe something as third rate, you mean that it is of a very poor quality or standard. ...a third rate movie … English dictionary
third-rate — 1. noun a sailing warship that can be described with the adjective third rate 2. adjective a) of lesser value or quality than second rate b) describing a British ship of the li … Wiktionary
Third-rate — 3e rang 3e rang (third rate) est, entre le milieu du XVIIe siècle et le milieu du XIXe siècle, une dénomination utilisée par la Royal Navy pour classer un navires de guerre à voile ayant comme caractéristique principale un nombre de… … Wikipédia en Français
third-rate — adjective of very bad quality: a third rate hotel … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
