Usually means: Not the best, but acceptable.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word second-best:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. second-best: Merriam-Webster
  2. second-best, second-best: Collins English Dictionary
  3. second-best: Vocabulary.com
  4. Second-Best, Second-best, second-best: Wordnik
  5. second-best: Dictionary.com
  6. second-best: Rhymezone
  7. second-best: FreeDictionary.org
  8. second-best: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. second-best: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. second-best: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. second-best: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. second-best: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. second-best: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  Alternative spelling of second best [Inferior to the best (but better than other alternatives).]


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