second-rate

ˈsɛkənd reɪt
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Translation of second-rate into German

Adjective

1.

quality

of mediocre quality or not first-rate
  • The movie was entertaining but definitely second-rate.Der Film war unterhaltsam, aber definitiv zweitrangig.
2.

naval history

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historically, a Royal Navy ship with 80-98 guns
RareUK
Zweitrangschiff
  • The second-rate ship played a crucial role in the battle.Das Zweitrangschiff spielte in der Schlacht eine entscheidende Rolle.
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Synonyms and analogies of second-rate in English

Examples of second-rate in a sentence

  • His second-rate performance didn't impress the judges.
  • The museum displayed a model of a second-rate ship.
  • Second-rate ships were essential in the naval fleet.

Translations of "second-rate" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
zweitklassigadj.

You're perpetually second-rate because you never have any strategy.

Du bist immer zweitklassig, weil du nie eine Strategie hast.

zweitrangigadj.

Anyway, at this moment the topic is second-rate to me.

Doch in diesem Moment ist das Thema für mich zweitrangig.

zweiter Klasseadj.

They were second-rate citizens.

Sie waren Bürger zweiter Klasse.

mittelmäßigadj.

Second-rate craftsmanship, no's barely worth? 10,000.

Mittelmäßig ausgeführt, keine ist kaum 10.000 Euro wert.

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second-rate: Examples and translations in context

Some of us think it's rather a second-rate means of expression.

Viele von uns halten es nur für eine zweitklassige Form der Expression.

Everyone knows that you're nothing but a second-rate lounge act.

Jeder weiß, dass du nichts weiter als eine zweitklassige Sängerin bist.

You see, I figured out that your second-rate husband is sick.

Ich dachte mir, dass dein zweitklassiger Ehemann krank ist.

He's hanging around with some woman from some second-rate café.

Er verbringt seine Zeit mit einer Frau einem zweitklassigen Café.

Here is some cheese that has passed but is only considered second-rate.

Hier ist Käse, der bestanden hat, aber nur als zweitklassig gilt.

A single algorithm that could take a second-rate nation and make it world-class.

Einen Algorithmus, der aus einer zweitklassigen Nation eine erstklassige machen könnte.

She has a second-rate acting engagement for the winter, in the provinces.

Sie hat ein zweitklassiges Engagement für den Winter, an Provinztheatern.

But an old second-rate doctor would never have an accident.

Aber ein alter, zweitklassiger Arzt wird nie so einen Zufall erleben.

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