bush-league

Example Sentences

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What happened in the California state Assembly truly was a bush-league error.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

What he’s giving them in return is a strange, bush-league, pull-it-out-of-your-ear, always-indulge-your-emotions campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 4, 2016

I don’t care how married to him you are, that’s a bush-league move.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2016

In his incarnation in later years as a fledging bush-league baseball player, he adopted the sobriquet Randy because he felt it created the illusion that he could run faster.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2015

Desperate, the jockey resorted to an old bush-league tactic.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand