minor-league

mi·nor-league

M m

Definitions of minor-league word

adjective minor-league of or relating to a minor league. 1
adjective minor-league of little import or consequence: a painter with a minor-league talent. 1
noun minor-league any association of professional sports teams other than the major leagues, especially when the member teams are associated with or controlled by major-league teams, which use them as training and proving teams for promising players. 1
adjective minor-league of non-premier sports association 1

before 1945

One of the 6% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1945-50

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

accessory — Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
dependent — To be dependent on something or someone means to need them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
dinky — Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby: We stayed in a dinky old hotel.