"fourth-rate" meaning in English

See fourth-rate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: fourth rate [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fourth-rate (not comparable)
  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 50–60 guns across two gun decks, a complement of 320–420, and weighing approximately 1,000 tons burthen. Tags: UK, historical, not-comparable Categories (topical): Military, Nautical
    Sense id: en-fourth-rate-en-adj-tx0aH2eJ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 4 5 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. (idiomatic, uncommon) Terrible, awful; less than third-rate. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable, uncommon
    Sense id: en-fourth-rate-en-adj-uvRvfU-j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fifth-rate, first-rate, second-rate, sixth-rate, third-rate

Noun

Forms: fourth-rates [plural], fourth rate [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fourth-rate (plural fourth-rates)
  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) A fourth-rate ship of the line. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Military, Nautical Related terms: two-decker
    Sense id: en-fourth-rate-en-noun-fhEkKaSG Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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