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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  • Muslim residents have long complained of being treated like second-class citizens in Thailand, and separatist movements have been periodically active for decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • There, he’s attacked by The Denied, a militia group of non-benders who feel like second-class citizens in this world seeking an old totem of a prior Avatar known as Sonam.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of second-class
Adjective
  • His legal team couched the City Council’s move to weaken the mayor’s authority and strip him of privileges as a petty effort to unseat the youngest mayor in the city’s history, and one who has questioned their leadership.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • One Marchand report contained several petty and embarrassing details about McAfee that clearly came from ESPN insiders.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 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
  • Other smaller ethnic auxiliary groups support the government.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • And, earlier in the summer, the heat forced them to cut down their outside play time, says Drew Mackay, the director of auxiliary and summer programs at Beauvoir School.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 26 July 2026
Definition of auxiliary
Adjective
  • Goldman Sachs has launched a new alternative investments platform, offering wealthy clients direct access to late-stage private companies and secondary market liquidity for illiquid stakes.
    — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Sorting out the secondary After linebacker and receiver, the most interesting position battles will occur in the secondary.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
Definition of secondary

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“Two-bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-bit. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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