Bu en iyi ikinci sınıf bir otel.
- It is at best a second-rate hotel.
Olsa olsa o, ikinci sınıf bir şarkıcı.
- She is a second-rate singer at best.
They are intrigued by Mrs Deelville; she is dowdy, languid-voiced, and ill-dressed, in every way appearing second-rate, who nonethless - rather tiresomely - seems to have the knack of attracting men. - Rudyard Kipling A Second-rate Woman 1888.