second-drawer

adjective

Second-rate; mediocre.

Opposite
top-drawer
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Meanings

adjectivesecond-drawer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSecond-rate; mediocre.

    […] which contains a much larger proportion of the kind of second-drawer poems which do not quite come off in terms of total response but which poets are often reluctant to abandon because they are technically competent and a good deal of work has gone into them.

    1978, Canadian Literature, numbers 78-79, page 84

    Antonyms: top-drawer

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSecond-rate; mediocre.

Opposite
top-drawer
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APA

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“second-drawer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/second-drawer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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