bush-league
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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
But in a bush league snub, he chooses to be Commissioner Rob, not Commissioner Bob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2025
While creative, his move drew the ire of plenty of current and former college and pro players who viewed the "gotcha" moment as bush league.
From Fox News ● Dec. 10, 2021
“It was bush league, it was a total coward move on his part,” Rudolph said, adding: “I’m not going to take it from a bully.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
I searched for current players who had hit over .350 in their bush league years, no matter where or how long, to find out what a “low expectation” might be.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2018
Like the climbers, like the bush league belle, these girls, we judge, brought definite ambitions with them to Palm Beach.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
