notch below

Not as good as something else in the same category. Joanne is a good author, but her books are a notch below best-sellers in the same genre.

notch below (someone or something)

Fig. a little lower in quality than someone or something. I believe that this wine is a notch below the one we had with the fish.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Noa (1)	-	Hebrew, Biblical
Sigismund	-	German, Ancient Germanic
Monica	MAHN-i-kə (English)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Eamon	-	Irish
Asen	-	Bulgarian
Alessia	-	Italian