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Princeton's WordNet

  1. second classnoun

    not the highest rank in a classification

  2. second classnoun

    not the highest quality in a classification

  3. cabin class, second class, economy classadjective

    a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations

  4. second-classadverb

    of inferior status or quality

    "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"

  5. second classadverb

    by second class conveyance

    "we traveled second class"

GCIDE

  1. Second-classadjective

    Of the rank or degree below the best or highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage; a second-class citizen.

Wiktionary

  1. second-classadjective

    Inferior in quality or standing.

ChatGPT

  1. second-class

    Second-class refers to a level or grade regarded as inferior or less important than the highest or primary level. This term is often used to label things or people considered of lower importance or less valuable compared to others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Second-classadjective

    of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-class in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of second-class in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of second-class in a Sentence

  1. Farid Azarkan:

    It is damaging and painful, the division in society has increased and Moroccans feel like second-class citizens.

  2. Chad Griffin:

    The U.S. Constitution does not tolerate second-class citizenship, a fact that has toppled discriminatory marriage bans from Utah to Arkansas.

  3. Malik Obama:

    Just because something is a tradition doesn't mean it's right, treating women as a second-class citizen is a bad tradition. It's holding you back.

  4. Julius Reiter:

    It cannot be that German clients are treated as second class clients, they are the backbone of the company.

  5. Melissa Floyd:

    The California Legislature just created a brand new group of second class citizens, innocent healthy children who will permanently be barred from schools and day care because they haven’t received all doses of the vaccines on the schedule, this is discriminatory.


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