third-rate en · ADJ
Meanings
- (UK, historical, not-comparable) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Poor, shoddy; less than second-rate.
I consider it to now be a third-rate service run without any excuses being offered.
2022 December 14, Barry Doe, “NRT review meets Christmas deadlines”, in RAIL, number 972, page 40:He was smoking a cherry-wood pipe, and looked on the whole as if he had borrowed his outfit from the wardrobe of a third-rate dramatic company.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 96:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| third rate | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
fifth-rate · first-rate · second-rate · sixth-rate · fourth-rate
Synonyms
rinky-dink · cheapshit · dogwater · cheesy · sad · crummy · under par · ticky-tacky · tenth-rate · rubbish · bottom-shelf · lousy · chintzy · low · inferior · craptacular · base · schlocky · shoddy · low-grade · one-star · flimsy · poor · gash · god-awful · ropy · slight · pathetic · cheap · slim · punk · pound-shop · craptabulous · third-rate · BTEC · trash · bad · coffee-and · subpar · crappo · ass · bad · shit · drecky · second-rate · below par · third-class · craptastic · low-rent · crapperific · tin-pot · scrubby · bum · cruddy · shitty · mid · shite · naughty · poor man's · fourth-rate · woeful · wretched · crap · substandard · lousy · low-quality · slazy · crappy · garbage · cheap and nasty · trashy · made in China