second-rate

That ship almost certainly has sailed for the season following USC’s nightmare October, leaving the Trojans with few postseason options beyond a second-rate bowl game.

Once upon a time, rosé wine was regarded as second-rate, and not even worthy of the interest of oenologists.

After the composer’s death, a hokey big operatic ending got tacked on with a showy duet by a second-rate composer, Franco Alfano.

He had been a top-tier starter and he had been a second-rate reliever and he had been everything in between.

Then add a deeply disappointing season for UCLA, one of the Pac-12’s two marquee programs, and you have a second-rate product.