He might easily develop into rather a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
He did not point out that Hughie was a set-up, a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
To me, willful destruction is the mark of the second-rater, or of the failure. From Wordnik.com. [Sand Castles… and the Fascination with Destruction « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference
Jim Kirk was a second-rater compared to John Grimes and his exploits "under cover". From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 9/25/07] Reference
The MoD is, of course, notoriously run by a part time second-rater called Des Browne. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-16] Reference
So if we think we're running against a second-rater without gravitas, we're dead wrong. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: Jesse Jackson Tells Why 'It's About the Money'; Ed Koch Exclaims, 'I'm Not Done Yet'; John Irving Talks About His 'Movie Business'; Tom Feltenstein Imparts 'Uncommon Wisdom' - January 15, 2000] Reference
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB.tv — MFOB Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater?. From Wordnik.com. [One Reason Our Healthcare System is in a Mess: Trial Lawyers - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState] Reference
The Minority Report — The HinzSight Report — TMRB. tv — MFOB Miss Tagart, do you know the hallmark of the second-rater?. From Wordnik.com. [A friendly suggestion to former McCain campaign staffers. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
Well, I shall write a novel better than any novel ever written in America and become par excellence the best second-rater in the world. From Wordnik.com. [A Life in Letters] Reference
The planet regards its bonds as the safest of financial harbours, and no second-rater in any agency could transform this perception on his own. From Wordnik.com. [US fiscal policy: In place of prudence | Editorial] Reference
First up this week, Avengers/Invaders #7, a book that has gone from being one of my favorites to a second-rater in the span of the last couple issues. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Christopher’s Quick Hits – 1/5/09] Reference
Mind you, he is, like that other second-rater Des Browne, a part-timer, doubling up as Welsh Secretary, so perhaps he is finding the workload too much, as plainly Browne does. From Wordnik.com. [Does Hain Do Joined-UpWriting?] Reference
"There's these boys in the town, and they told me I was a second-rater, and-I swore I'd come up here and fiddle for you, and let you judge if I was a second-rater or a wizard with m 'bow.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lark And The Wren]
And Lee/Kirby infused Thor with that same sense of epic melodrama they did their other books: They can make even a battle with a second-rater like the Wrecker feel as if the world hinges on it. From Wordnik.com. [Waid Wednesdays #13: You'd Better Be In There Somewhere] Reference
I wonder on a daily basis why so many people in this country and around the world are unable to see through this second-rater who is desperate to achieve godhood and be all things to all people. From Wordnik.com. [THE PRESIDENT WHO WANTS EVERYTHING--EVEN REALITY--BOTH WAYS] Reference
Iain Duncan-Smith was effectively cross-examined by Andrew Neil (The Daily Politics) on this surprising move and amply demonstrated once again why the Tories were wise to offload this second-rater: he was simply awful. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-13] Reference
The Rogue would be shown in his true colors -- a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course] Reference
And the cravat was only a second-rater, too, a black-silk affair. From Wordnik.com. [The Place of Honeymoons] Reference
Famous Five and Noddy books, was banned from the BBC for nearly three decades because the broadcaster considered her a "second-rater". From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
Enid Blyton, the children's author, was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because the corporation considered her a "second-rater" whose work "lacked literary value". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
They knew you could call him Canada's answer to Johnny Unitas (both were from Western Pennsylvania, not coincidentally) without it seeming like an overreach from a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of Left Field] Reference
Letters and internal memos from the BBC archives reveal a longstanding Blyton ban, upheld by executives and producers who were determined to keep a "tenacious second-rater" and her. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Never sit to a second-rater, Mary, you've had the best now. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
"Well, you see," he replied thoughtfully, "in my profession I always was a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountebank] Reference
Such, however, is the whole moral atmosphere of our century -- the century of the second-rater. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fountainhead]
This is a writer who possesses enough self-awareness to know that he’s had the luck of a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [<i>The Seagull</i> Soars, Lofted by Sarsgaard, Scott Thomas] Reference
"Now, in our age, collectivism, the rule of the second-hander and second-rater, the ancient monster, has broken loose and is running amuck. From Wordnik.com. [The Fountainhead]
How does a second-rater get a job like that?. From Wordnik.com. [Melissa on Blogging] Reference
Any second-rater can lick 'em. From Wordnik.com. [Trailin'!] Reference
England, or a good second-rater for that sum. From Wordnik.com. [Town Life in Australia] Reference
How BBC banned 'second-rater' Enid Blyton. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
"Gumbo is only a second-rater.". From Wordnik.com. [The Varmint] Reference
Eliminate the great look, and the PT--or whatever Chrysler will call it--becomes a second-rater. From Wordnik.com. [The Fate Of An Icon] Reference
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