fourth-rate en · ADJ
Meanings
- (UK, historical, not-comparable) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen.
- (idiomatic, not-comparable, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than third-rate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fourth rate | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
fifth-rate · first-rate · second-rate · sixth-rate · third-rate
Synonyms
inelegant · inferior · piss-poor · sloppy · fourth-rate · crummy · crap · drecky · shitty · coffee-and · woeful · under par · crap · wretched · dreadful · crapalicious · craptabulous · deityforsaken · hopeless · cheap and nasty · hideous · bum · crummy · substandard · low-rent · rubbish · ropy · rubbish · incompetent · shit · lousy · crappo · loathsome · bad · inferior · naughty · pound-shop · shite · dogwater · garbage · poor · cheapshit · hellish · terrible · crappy · horrible · god-awful · cruddy · foul · inadequate · tin-pot · rubbish · intolerable · horrendous · horrible · fifth-rate · BTEC · coarse · atrocious · fourth-rate · chronic · disagreeable · abysmal · horrid · cheap · chintzy · lackluster · rotten · dismal · peak · bad · gash · sad · pathetic · rinky-dink · miserable · awful · shoddy · craptacular · slim · crapperific · naff · low · mid · craptastic · dismal · crappy · dogshit · ticky-tacky · second-rate · third-rate · slazy · one-star · horrific · sixth-rate · tenth-rate · flimsy · odious · shitawful · pathetic · negative · below par · godawful · trash · low-grade · cheesy · made in China · shitty · low-quality · subpar · poor man's · corny · ordinary · ass · lousy · trashy · wack · base · punk · schlocky · subpar · dire · bottom-shelf · unfavorable · slight · scrubby