second-rateness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-rateness
fairness
Noun
  • But the strategic cocktail of soft nationalism, corporate politics and ticket-sales boosterism that constitutes the wild card system more often overshadows sporting fairness.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • The questions of fairness, rising now in the Senate, also center in part on spending cuts to pay for extending low tax rates that would otherwise expire.
    Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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“Second-rateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second-rateness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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