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| Main Entry: | second-rate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mediocre |
| Synonyms: | below par, cheap, crummy*, deficient, inadequate, inferior, poor, rotten*, shabby, shoddy, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, low-grade, second-best, second-class |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-rate, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, hack*, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry, cheap and dirty, déclassé, low-grade, low-quality |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lousy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, contemptible, crappy*, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, useless, worthless, grotty, sub-par, third-rate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lousy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad |
| Synonyms: | awful, base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, execrable, faulty, harmful, hateful, horrible, inferior, low, mean, miserable, outrageous, poor, rotten, second-rate*, shoddy, slovenly, terrible, unpopular, unwelcome, vicious, vile, disliked, no good |
| Antonyms: | good, great, magnificent, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mediocre |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average, commonplace |
| Synonyms: | colorless, common, conventional, decent, dull, fair, fair to middling, humdrum*, indifferent, inferior, insignificant, intermediate, mainstream, mean, medium, middling, moderate, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, standard, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired, vanilla*, characterless, fairish, no great shakes, of poor quality |
| Antonyms: | exceptional, extraordinary, inferior, superior, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, makeshift, mean, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, discreditable, junky, not up to snuff, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substandard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, below average, below par, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon*, lousy, poor, second-rate, shoddy, unacceptable, below standard, low-grade, subpar |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | two-bit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, worth very little |
| Synonyms: | base, cheesy, crappy*, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, trashy, valueless, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, junky, no good, rinky-dink, tatty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undistinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, common, commonplace, dull, everyday, fair, generic, mean, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, unexciting, uninspired, usual, characterless, garden-variety, no great shakes, nothing special, nothing to write home about, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unexceptional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ordinary |
| Synonyms: | average, common, commonplace, conventional, dull, everyday, fair, insignificant, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, so-so*, typical, undistinguished, uneventful, unexciting, uninspired, usual, characterless, garden-variety, no great shakes, nothing special, nothing to write home about, unimpressive, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable |
| Notes: | unexceptional is ordinary and not outstanding; unexceptionable means not open to objections |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unimportant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of no real worth, value |
| Synonyms: | beside the point*, casual, frivolous, frothy, immaterial, inconsequential, indifferent, insignificant, irrelevant, little, meaningless, minor, minute, negligible, nonessential, nothing*, nugatory, null, paltry, petty, picayune, second-rate*, slight, trifling, trivial, unnecessary, useless, worthless, zero*, zilch*, zip*, inconsiderable, low-ranking, of no account, of no consequence, shoestring* |
| Antonyms: | big, important, relevant, serious, useful, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | below average |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | below normal |
| Synonyms: | below par, inferior, poor, second-rate, substandard, low-grade, subpar |
| Antonyms: | above average |
| Main Entry: | bush league |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minor league |
| Synonyms: | amateur, second-rate, minors, nothing to brag about, small potatoes, the bushes, triple-A |
| Main Entry: | second best |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who finishes second |
| Synonyms: | inferior, second-rate, next best, next to best, nothing special |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
| Synonyms: | accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league*, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky*, extra, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-time*, subject, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant, inconsiderable, minor-league, small-fry, substract |
| Antonyms: | first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, low in quality |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, bogus, cheesy, common, commonplace, crappy*, dud, flashy, garbage, garish, lousy, mangy, mean, mediocre, meretricious, ordinary, paltry, poor, ratty, raunchy, rotten, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, tawdry, terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant*, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, glitzy, junky, no bargain, no good, rinky-dink, rubbishy, scroungy, tatty |
| Antonyms: | excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced; mediocre |
| Synonyms: | cheap, cut, deficient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignificant, little, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reasonable, second-rate*, shoddy, small, sparse, substandard, trifling, worthless, cut-rate, low-grade, marked down, scant, slashed, uncostly |
| Antonyms: | above, elevated, high, increased, prominent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | average; not distinctive |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, conventional, dull, fair, familiar, garden*, generic, habitual, homespun, household, humble, indifferent, inferior, mean, mediocre, modest, normal, pedestrian, plain, plastic, prosaic, quotidian, routine, run-of-the-mill*, second-rate, simple, so-so*, stereotyped, undistinguished, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspired, unpretentious, usual, vanilla*, characterless, garden variety, no great shakes, unmemorable, unnoteworthy, unremarkable, white-bread, workaday |
| Antonyms: | different, distinctive, remarkable, special |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | base, below par, common, contemptible, crude, diminutive, exiguous, faulty, feeble, humble, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insignificant, insufficient, lacking, lowly, meager, mean, mediocre, miserable, modest, ordinary, paltry, pitiful, plain, reduced, rotten, scanty, second-rate*, shabby, shoddy, skimpy, slight, sorry*, sparse, substandard, trifling, trivial, unsatisfactory, valueless, weak, worthless, dwarfed, low-grade, niggardly, pitiable, subnormal, subpar |
| Antonyms: | adequate, sufficient, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | common |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, coarse |
| Synonyms: | cheap, colorless, crass, hack, hackneyed, impure, inferior, mean, middling, nondescript, passable, pedestrian, plebeian, poor, raffish, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, stale, trite, undistinguished, vulgar, Philistine, baseborn, characterless, declassé, low-grade, prosy, second-class |
| Antonyms: | aristocratic, cultured, excellent, high, noble, refined, sophisticated, superior |
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