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(UK, military, nautical, historical) 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..
Use fourth-rate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fourth-rate means (UK, military, nautical, historical) 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..
Common synonyms include dismal, horrible, rubbish, abysmal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use fourth-rate where its definition matches the intended context.
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