fourth-rate education
- noun
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educación de cuarta categoría
- Many students feel trapped by a fourth-rate education that leaves them unprepared for the workforce.
Examples
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Despite his intelligence, he suffered from a fourth-rate education at the underfunded rural school.
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Politicians criticized the country's fourth-rate education system for failing its children.
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Many students suffer from fourth-rate education in underfunded schools.
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The report highlighted the issues of fourth-rate education in rural areas.
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Despite her dedication, she received a fourth-rate education that did not prepare her for college.
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He attributed his lack of career prospects to the fourth-rate education he received in his hometown.
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The documentary exposed the realities of fourth-rate education in many neglected neighborhoods.
Antonyms
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3.7
A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills
How Good
1
3.7
7
3.4
4
6.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'fourth-rate' explicitly means 'of low quality' and when combined with 'education' yields the straightforward meaning 'education of very poor quality.' This is a regular compositional pattern (quality adjective + noun) that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can derive without prior exposure.
Etymology
Fourth-rate education comes from the simple idea of giving things a number score: people called the best things 'first-rate' and lower numbers meant worse. So fourth-rate paints a picture of something low in quality and means an education that is 'very poor quality'.