second-rate

== English == === Alternative forms === second rate === Pronunciation === === Adjective === second-rate (not comparable) (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen. (idiomatic) Of mediocre quality; not first-rate. Synonyms: inferior, medium-quality, second-class; see also Thesaurus:low-quality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === second-rate (plural second-rates) (UK, military, nautical, historical) A second-rate ship of the line. ==== See also ==== three-decker === Anagrams === ancestored, anecdoters, terasecond