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Second-string and Second-class

adjective

  • Being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team.
    • usage: "a second-string pitcher"

adjective

  • Of inferior status or quality.
    • usage: "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"
(a.) Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.