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The meaning of TENTH-RATE is of the lowest character or quality.
Presumably, calling something tenth-rate just implies that it's extremely ineffective, weak, or otherwise unworthy of respect. I'm more familiar with "third-rate" in this usage, though now that I'm looking at the system myself, I realize that's not much of an insult.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective tenth-rate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
tenth-rate (comparative more tenth-rate, superlative most tenth-rate) Of extremely poor quality, godawful. 1979, Malcolm Muggeridge, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, BBC2: I started off by saying that this is such a tenth-rate film that I don't believe that it would disturb anybody's faith.
tenth-rate What does tenth-rate mean? tenth-rate (English) Pronunciation (UK, US) IPA: /tɛnθ-reɪt/ Adjective tenth-rate (comparative more tenth-rate, superlative most tenth-rate) Of extremely poor quality, godawful.
tenth-rate. Need synonyms for tenth-rate? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Adjective. Of extremely poor quality, godawful. lousy. trashy. crummy. miserable.
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