tenth-rate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /tɛnθ ɹeɪt/ (UK, US)
Meanings
-
Of extremely poor quality, godawful.
If there was a saying that said 'the devil has all the tunes that sound like a tenth-rate Justin Timberlake B-side, and he performs them in the style of a marionette puppet being operated by a heroin addict' then there might be a case.
2007, Stuart Heritage, Britney Spears At The MTV VMAs: The Vagina-Heavy Fall-Out:I started off by saying that this is such a tenth-rate film that I don't believe that it would disturb anybody's faith.
1979, Malcolm Muggeridge, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, BBC2
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most tenth-rate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more tenth-rate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
fifth-rate · first-rate · second-rate · sixth-rate · third-rate · fourth-rate
Synonyms
low-quality · worthless · crappy · crummy (of poor quality) · shitty · lousy · trashy · grody · grotty · miserable · cruddy · manky · two-bit · drecky