junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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College football isn’t the junior varsity version of the sport.
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Nicole Auerbach, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
After serving in the Pacific during World War II with the Coast Guard, Carnesecca attended St. John's University, playing junior varsity basketball and baseball.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
The theft accusation, which Rogers says is ongoing, entails Darien allegedly paying his roommate, a junior varsity coach, $1,910 to be an assistant coach with the girls soccer team, something the roommate didn’t do.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
Wallace began on the junior varsity team as a freshman but earned a midseason callup to the varsity team.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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Nicole Auerbach, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
After serving in the Pacific during World War II with the Coast Guard, Carnesecca attended St. John's University, playing junior varsity basketball and baseball.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
The theft accusation, which Rogers says is ongoing, entails Darien allegedly paying his roommate, a junior varsity coach, $1,910 to be an assistant coach with the girls soccer team, something the roommate didn’t do.
—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
Wallace began on the junior varsity team as a freshman but earned a midseason callup to the varsity team.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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