two-bit

adjective

Definition of two-bitnext
as in second-class

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Recent Examples of two-bit Indeed, one of the main attractions of such grand movie houses was the opulence itself – where everyday Joes, Janes and Junes might be enveloped in grandeur with a two-bit ticket. — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026 Using sensors and vibration patterns The patch encodes text by breaking each ASCII character into four segments, with each sensor representing a two-bit segment. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2025 One memorable 1944 cover featured a bunch of Hitlers as two-bit thieves pilfering everyday goods. — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 Initially, theater houses exhibited short clips in dingy rooms and were considered little more than two-bit sideshows. — Hannah Fish, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for two-bit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-bit
  1. second-class
  2. petty
  3. second-rate
  4. one-horse
  5. auxiliary
  6. secondary
Adjective
  • Cat owners say businesses still treat their feline friends as second-class pets.
    — Robert Granader, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In the generation preceding Parton, women were generally treated as second-class artists.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of second-class
Adjective
  • Stanley’s co-defendant, unsuccessful county commissioner candidate and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus driver Heather Morrow, was found guilty of the petty offenses and the misdemeanor assault charge.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Letts makes the most of his brief screen time as a manipulator whose petty genius lies in creating an artificial scarcity for his affections.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of petty
Adjective
  • Here in Britain, Lowe is one step up from a nobody, the leader of a second-rate populist party.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • What Spain did was automate the system to the point where its players seemed like robots who had been following the same playbook for 90 years, while France was reduced to a second-rate team.
    — Juan Claudio Matossian, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026
Definition of second-rate
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  • And while this has now become a one-horse race, with that proposal carrying the day heading into a May 28 vote at the league’s next Board of Governors meeting, there are still more discussions — and possible changes — to come.
    — Sam Amick, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • McCarthy moved to his current studio in 2012, and around then, bought land out in the Tehachapi Mountains to serve as Wild West backdrops, not unlike the early film studios buying up tumbleweed stables in Topanga to serve as facsimiles of one-horse towns to shoot westerns.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
Definition of one-horse
Adjective
  • The rest includes medical center revenue, contracts and grants, and other auxiliary enterprises.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Urán, an auxiliary magistrate of Colombia’s Council of State, was among the dead.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of auxiliary
Adjective
  • Malau’ulu ended up running with the football a lot more than normal out of respect for Orange Lutheran’s secondary.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The Pinturault edition had an original retail price of around $185,000, but can sell for double that on the secondary market.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of secondary

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