second-rate

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“I could send this out and I know what the response would be: ‘This is second-rate Schrader,’ ” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In the wake of double haymakers inflicted by the pandemic and the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023, the ground is fertile for the AI revolution to seed all kinds of second-rate content.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

With Netflix’s algorithmic approach and its need to keep its shelves overflowing with mostly second-rate material, might not the result veer toward AI slop?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

In the span of just a few months, Google has fought off concerns that AI would kill its Search business and has transformed Gemini from a second-rate chatbot into a serious competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025

Even if my once enviable role now seemed vaguely second-rate, still I determined to try twice as hard to prove they’d made the right choice.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston