Second best
Second best noun - The competitor who finishes second.
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Unsatisfactory and second best are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unsatisfactory" instead an adjective phrase "Second best".
Unsatisfactory
Unsatisfactory adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Second best and unsatisfactory are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Second best" with "Unsatisfactory", this terms are similar.
Nearby Word: unsatisfactorily
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- inferior and second best
- inferior and unsatisfactory
- shabby and second best
- shabby and unsatisfactory
- poor and second best
- poor and unsatisfactory
- inadequate and second best
- inadequate and unsatisfactory
- rotten and second best
- rotten and unsatisfactory
- mediocre and second best
- mediocre and unsatisfactory
- shoddy and second best
- shoddy and unsatisfactory
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