bush-league
11bush-league — adjective not of the highest quality or sophistication • Syn: ↑bush • Similar to: ↑inferior * * * adjective Etymology: bush league : belonging to an inferior class or group of its kind : minor …
12bush-league — adj American provincial, amateurish, unsophisticated, inferior. The term derives from the cate gorisation of minor league baseball teams, and is sometimes shortened to bush. ► I can t handle the shit anymore . You re bush league, that s why .… …
13bush league — N. Amer. noun a minor league of a sport, especially baseball. adjective (bush league) informal second rate. Derivatives bush leaguer noun …
14bush-league — /boosh leeg /, adj. inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush league theatrical performance. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …
15bush league — American, informal not done to the usual or accepted standards. His article was a bush league stunt to discredit the company, and he has apologized …
16bush league — adjective AmE informal badly done or of such bad quality that it is not acceptable: His work is still strictly bush league …
17bush league — noun Date: 1906 minor league • bush leaguer noun …
18bush league — minor league (non professional baseball league) …
19bush league — Baseball. See minor league. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …
20bush league — 1. noun a) A professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization. b) A low ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc. 2 …
