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bush-league

ADJECTIVE
second-rate
Synonyms
WEAK
minor-league small potatoes
NOUN
minor league
Synonyms
WEAK
amateur minors nothing to brag about second rate small potatoes the bushes triple-A
bush league
NOUN
minor league
Synonyms
WEAK
amateur minors nothing to brag about second-rate small potatoes the bushes triple-A

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

In a column, The Chicago Tribune’s film critic, Michael Phillips, called Sightline “a bush-league pickpocket move” and “the latest tiny nail getting tap-tap-tapped into the coffin currently under construction for an entire era of filmgoing.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 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

But we’ve seen enough brooding bush-league Walter Whites in cable antihero dramas that that’s a good thing.

From Time • Jan. 29, 2015

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

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand