third-string

defective faulty flawed impaired incomplete inferior insufficient lacking scarce skimpy unsatisfactory weak

amiss bad damaged exiguous found wanting infrequent injured marred meager not cut out for not enough not make it not up to scratch outta gas rare scant scanty second fiddle second string short shy sketchy unassembled unequal unfinished wanting

abundant adequate enough perfect strong sufficient

ample excessive faultless flawless satisfactory superfluous

insignificant minor

a notch under bottom bush bush-league dinky less important low lower minor-league nether second-fiddle second-string slighter small small-fry small-time subjacent subordinate undersized

significant

greater higher major superior

aide assistant deputy servant underling

attendant dependent flunky gofer helper inferior junior peon scrub second serf slave subaltern

poor relation second fiddle second string third string

boss chief leader major manager master superior