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benchwarmer

[bench-wawr-mer] / ˈbɛntʃˌwɔr mər /
NOUN
second fiddle
Synonyms
WEAK
back seat low man on totem pole reserves second banana second string second stringer second team secondary role understudy
NOUN
utility player
Synonyms
WEAK
backup bench bench jockey jack-of-all-trades replacement second string secondary sub substitute succedaneum

Example Sentences

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Plenty of players leave high-majors for low-majors, or even lower divisions, where they might go from benchwarmer to starter.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022

A high school benchwarmer who was not recruited out of prep school, Preston envisioned a future in basketball before anyone else saw such a career for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2022

Brown, the 15th overall pick in 2018, fell out of the Wizards’ rotation this season and Wagner’s role was inconsistent — going from benchwarmer to starter to benchwarmer again.

From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2021

Imagine the kinds of arguments teams will have after a benchwarmer goes rogue and loses a challenge.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

And yet here he is, a third- string benchwarmer kind of guy, holding the ball for the great Erik Fisher.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.