second-rate

Example Sentences

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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

They also require the world to shower prizes on them for their bumbling, second-rate work.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

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

Mamdani's attempt to break into the competitive world of professional music did not last, with the performer-turned-politician calling himself a second-rate artist.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

If the Mona Lisa had been something else, anything else—a stolen purse, a set of second-rate jewels—the thief would have been found far sooner.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day