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third-rate

The definition of third-rate is something that is low in quality.

(adjective)

An old run down hotel that isn't very nice and isn't really as nice as other hotels is an example of accommodations that would be described as third-rate.

See third-rate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

third in quality or other rating; third-class
inferior; very poor

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third-rater noun

See third-rate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of third quality or value, especially of less quality or value than second-rate.

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