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second-class

second-class adjective: of a standard or grade one level below the best.

Adjective

second-class (not comparable)

  1. (neutral or mildly positive connotation) Of a standard or grade one level below the best.
    • a second-class train ticket, second-class postage, a second-class honours degree
  2. (negative connotation) Inferior in quality or standing.
    • He complained he felt like a second-class citizen, but everyone felt put upon that day.
    • Using second-class parts for the repair was false economy because they soon broke and had to be fixed again.
    Synonyms:
    second-rate

second-class meaning in Malayalam

second-class in Malayalam

രണ്ടാംതരമായ, വലിയ ഗുണമേന്മയില്ലാത്ത, രണ്ടാം സ്ഥാനത്തുള്ളത്

Synonyms of second-class

Words formed from second-class

Phrases with second-class

Questions about second-class

What does second-class mean?
Second-class means of a standard or grade one level below the best.
What is second-class in Malayalam?
Second-class in Malayalam is രണ്ടാംതരമായ, വലിയ ഗുണമേന്മയില്ലാത്ത, രണ്ടാം സ്ഥാനത്തുള്ളത്. See Second-class meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is second-class?
Second-class is an adjective.

Words near second-class in the dictionary

  1. second-acted
  2. second-acting
  3. second-acts
  4. second-best
  5. second-campism
  6. second-class
  7. second-class citizen
  8. second-class citizens
  9. second-class continuation
  10. second-class continuations
  11. second-class entities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: second-class (page history and authors); second-class (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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