junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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Hoover’s Phyrom Ivory, who was brought up from junior varsity and was inserted into the starting lineup 20 minutes before kickoff, had other plans.
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Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
Bentonville won the junior varsity game 44-32.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
Beck led the Tritons’ freshman team to a 9-1 record last season and started this fall as the junior varsity quarterback, San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
Last spring, Wood suggested in jest that FCS football is the junior varsity of major college sports.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025
Bentonville won the junior varsity game 44-32.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
Beck led the Tritons’ freshman team to a 9-1 record last season and started this fall as the junior varsity quarterback, San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
Last spring, Wood suggested in jest that FCS football is the junior varsity of major college sports.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for junior varsity
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“Junior varsity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junior%20varsity. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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