second-rater
Example Sentences
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Meyerhoff, one of the Schaubühne’s finest actors, injected fresh life into his character, a popular second-rater who probably suspects that he’s a hack.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023
"A first-rate second-rater," Chamberlain found him, "who some day may be a big man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Henceforth, at least for a while, "a Calder horse" will no longer serve as racing shorthand for a second-rater.
From Time Magazine Archive
It might be a long time before the fans saw another Louis; meanwhile, it looked as though it would take more than a second-rater to beat the champion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just because I said that Jed The Red is a second-rater, don’t think for a moment that he fights like a schoolboy now.
From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto
