junior varsity
noun
: a team composed of members lacking the experience or qualification required for the varsity
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Such connections were worth it as a junior varsity coach at his Carson High School alma mater in Southern California.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
The project would also include minor upgrades, including dugouts, bleachers and ADA-accessible pathways at the practice fields just across Wildcat Drive, which would be turned into junior varsity competition facilities.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
The junior varsity game was played with a running clock.
—Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Garcia, though, stayed all season on the junior varsity.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
The project would also include minor upgrades, including dugouts, bleachers and ADA-accessible pathways at the practice fields just across Wildcat Drive, which would be turned into junior varsity competition facilities.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
The junior varsity game was played with a running clock.
—Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Garcia, though, stayed all season on the junior varsity.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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