Definitions for third-rate

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Spelling: [thurd-reyt]
IPA: /ˈθɜrdˈreɪt/

Third-Rate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 300 anagrams from letters in third-rate (-adehirrtt).

Definitions for third-rate

adjective

  1. of the third rate, quality, or class.
  2. distinctly inferior:

Origin of third-rate

First recorded in 1640-50

Examples for third-rate

As a boy, I have seen it ranked only as a third-rate seaport.

There are too many cheap lawyers and third-rate politicians there.

Carr says we have not a more useful,—but third-rate, my dear.

To you or me he would have looked like what he was, a second or third-rate tragedian.

First-rate and third-rate works of the same size brought similar prices.

From that time, the latter took his position as a third-rate man.

They tell us what it is, a third-rate city in a stony wilderness.

In the past, it has actually helped the cause of freedom that politics is mostly a pursuit for third-rate talents.

There are numerous second- and third-rate hotels in the city and suburbs.

He is a music master, or a penny-a-liner, or a third-rate artist.

Word Value for third-rate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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