bush-league
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Next they want to tear down our beloved two-mile superspeedway and replace it with a bush-league half-mile track.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
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
And he had not forgotten a good turn Blume had done him back in his bush-league days.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
It was so bush league to see the Lakers crowd around the beleagued referees at the end of an 18-point loss to the Thunder in Game 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
But in a bush league snub, he chooses to be Commissioner Rob, not Commissioner Bob.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2025
There was no criticism or negative viewpoint, however, from the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner for Clark despite her committing the bush league act on Reese.
From Salon ● May 28, 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
The first day we was out for practice they was a young outfielder from a bush league and Mgr.
From The Real Dope by Ring Lardner
