third-rate
third-rate adjective: of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
Adjective
third-rate (not comparable)
- Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
- Poor, shoddy; less than second-rate.
- He was smoking a cherry-wood pipe, and looked on the whole as if he had borrowed his outfit from the wardrobe of a third-rate dramatic company.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 96
- I consider it to now be a third-rate service run without any excuses being offered.2022 December 14, Barry Doe, “NRT review meets Christmas deadlines”, in RAIL, number 972, page 40
- Synonyms:
- bad, lousy, third-class, ass, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap
Noun
third-rate (plural third-rates)
- A third-rate ship of the line.
third-rate meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
third-rate in Tamil
- கீழ்நிலையான, தாழ்ந்த
third-rate in Malayalam
- മോശമായ, താണതരത്തിലുള്ള
Synonyms of third-rate
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Forms of third-rate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | third rate |
| Noun | |
| plural | third-rates |
Questions about third-rate
- What does third-rate mean?
- Third-rate means of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 64–80 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 500–650, and weighing approximately 1,750 tons burthen.
- What is third-rate in Tamil?
- Third-rate in Tamil is கீழ்நிலையான, தாழ்ந்த. See Third-rate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is third-rate?
- Third-rate can be an adjective or a noun.
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