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SECOND-RATER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: second-rater   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of second-rate ability or value

Example:

shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him

Synonyms:

mediocrity; second-rater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("second-rater" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

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