Cheap
Cheap adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: a cheap sweater that started to unravel almost as soon as I bought it
Second-rate is a synonym for cheap in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Second-rate" instead an adjective "Cheap", when it comes to topics like poor-quality.
Second-rate
Second-rate adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Cheap is a synonym for second-rate in inferior topic. Sometimes you can use "Cheap" instead an adjective phrase "Second-rate", if it concerns topics such as inadequate, mediocre.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Or in his trainer Mickey's words he's: "a legbreaker for a cheap, second-rate loan shark".
Source: Loan Shark - Older Than Radio: "Penny Dreadful" novels were cheap serials written in the 19th Century by amateur authors on second-rate paper, intended for children and the working class, who couldn't afford the more expensive books by more popular authors.
Source: Sleeper Hit
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Second-rate or Cheap. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/second-rate.
