WordNet
second-rater
n. a person of second-rate ability or value; "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him" [syn: mediocrity]
Usage examples of "second-rater".
And he wondered at himself, a second-rater surgeon who had suddenly found himself as a doctor, ministering to people who needed him.
And he wondered at himself, a second-rater surgeon who had suddenly found himself as a doctor, ministering to people who needed him.
But if he was judged to be a second-rater, he would be moved sideways or down within the organization here on Divine Wind.
He esteemed himself as a second-rater, a competent and high-powered man, but a second-rater nonetheless.
When he is weak, he avoids danger—which is why second-raters plod away within the system.