Idiom: Fourth-Rate
Meanings
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.
Terrible, awful; less than third-rate.
A fourth-rate ship of the line.
Example Sentences
1
The play was so poorly written, it felt like a fourth-rate production.
2
I was not impressed with the fourth-rate service at the hotel.
3
The restaurant is known for its fourth-rate food and mediocre atmosphere.
4
After reading the book, I realized it was just a fourth-rate imitation of a popular novel.
5
The company's customer support was nothing but fourth-rate, causing frustration among the customers.
