minor-league

[mahy-ner leeg] / ˈmaɪ nər ˈlig /

ADJECTIVE

minor

Synonyms

WEAK

accessory below the mark bush-league casual dependent dinky inconsequential inconsiderable inferior junior lesser light low lower minus negligible paltry petty piddling second-string secondary slight small small-fry small-time smaller subaltern subordinate subsidiary tacky trifling trivial two-bit unimportant younger

NOUN

professional sports team not belonging to the major league

Synonyms

WEAK

bush league bushes junior league junior varsity minors triple-A

minor league

NOUN

professional sports team not belonging to the major league

Synonyms

WEAK

bush league bushes junior league junior varsity minors triple-A

Example Sentences

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There was the extremely tall, minor league baseball player I met at BJ’s in Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“He brings with him, like, a two-inch folder stuffed with handwritten stock reports he had written on minor league bus trips,” Houston said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer offers to sign a minor league contract with a ‘$0 salary’ with any MLB team, saying that clubs would face no financial risk.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

He has made 133 major league starts and 130 minor league starts, but he never has pitched a complete game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But all these were minor league teams that played only in local and regional contests.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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