Synonyms for bush-league


Grammar : Adj
Spell : boo sh-leeg
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊʃˌlig


Définition of bush-league

Origin :
  • "mean, petty, unprofessional," 1906, from baseball slang for the small-town baseball clubs below the minor league where talent was developed (by 1903), from bush (n.) in the slang sense of "rural, provincial," which originally was not a value judgment.
  • adj second-rate
Example sentences :
  • “Al” nodded knowingly, and the whole thing was a pantomime, a wordless play, that made Sumurun look like a bush-league production.
  • Extract from : « Pitching in a Pinch » by Christy Mathewson

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