1) Fair, but not very good 2) Inferior 3) Mediocre 4) Not tops 5) Of mediocre quality 6) Poor 7) The time and speed are poor
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In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied that they were of inferior quality. They were essen...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-rate
• (a.) Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.
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Sec'ond-rate` adjective Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a
second-rate ship;
second-rate cloth; a
second-rate champion.
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