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
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  • In many Muslim nations, women are treated as second-class citizens.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Harari and many proponents of the ethical view of affective sentientism want suffering to be the defining criterion that protects conscious beings from becoming second-class citizens to intelligent machines.
    — Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of second-class
Adjective
  • Again and again, Bass went after Raman in the pettiest, most personal ways.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But to build a web of accusations based on false premises and the manipulation of reality in order to attack the Biennale and a film invited to compete is a petty and unacceptable act.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 19 Aug. 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
  • New features include more classrooms and science labs, an auxiliary gym, changing rooms, collaborative learning spaces and two gender-neutral restrooms.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Robbie Connolly is going to go from auxiliary guitar to lead guitar.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of auxiliary
Adjective
  • Prunty brings speed to the secondary that perhaps only Christian Gonzalez can match and has a good argument to make the roster as a developmental outside corner.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Quad Critical Minerals Initiative, uniting the US, Japan, Australia, and India, is explicitly built to mobilize private capital behind secondary supply.
    — Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of secondary

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