Common
Common adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Usage example: has a common singing voice that's good enough for performing at those venues
Second-class and common are semantically related in low topic. In some cases you can use "Second-class" instead an adjective "Common", when it comes to topics like better.
Second-class
Second-class adjective - Of little or less value or merit.
Usage example: a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry
Common and second-class are semantically related in better topic. You can use "Common" instead an adjective phrase "Second-class", if it concerns topics such as inferior.
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- Biochauvinism (the belief that AIs and Ghosts aren't real people) is common, and bioroids are second-class citizens in the United States.
- In The Dreadful, demons are a fairly common humanoid race, but they're second-class citizens and get called "Pinky", probably for their reddish skin.
- There is a common belief that because the "Flat-Ears" have accepted submission and being treated like second-class citizens by the humans, they are no longer truly Elvhen.
Source: Category Traitor
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