sixth-rate
- adjective
- /sɪksθ reɪt/
- Informal
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de sexta categoría
- The movie was a sixth-rate production with terrible acting.
Examples
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Nobody wants to pay top dollar for a sixth-rate hotel room.
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The concert was a sixth-rate performance that left the audience disappointed.
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His writing was criticized as sixth-rate by most of the reviewers.
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I can't believe they released such a sixth-rate album!
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Nobody wants to pay top dollar for a sixth-rate hotel room.
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The concert was a sixth-rate performance that left the audience disappointed.
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His writing was criticized as sixth-rate by most of the reviewers.
Synonyms
23
4.4
Not as good as the best, often cheap or simple
17
4.7
Of very low quality and not good enough
15
4.5
Not as good as people expect
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6.6
Very poor quality and not good enough
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6.8
Very low quality and not good enough
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Etymology
Sixth-rate comes from the word rate, which means 'rank' or 'quality', and from the idea of first-rate meaning the 'best'. So sixth-rate describes something much lower in quality, basically very poor compared to better things.