third-rate
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adjective \ˈthərd-ˈrāt\Definition of THIRD-RATE
: extremely low in quality or value : worse than second-rate <third–rate hotels> <a third–rate novelist>
— third–rat·er \-ˈrā-tər\ noun
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1814
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