Definitions for minor-league

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minor-league mi·nor-league

Spelling: [mahy-ner-leeg]

IPA: /ˈmaɪ nərˈlig/

Minor-League is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 1230 anagrams from letters in minor-league (-aeegilmnoru).

Definitions for minor-league

noun

1. any association of professional sports teams other than the major leagues, especially when the member teams are associated with or controlled by major-league teams, which use them as training and proving teams for promising players.

adjective

1. of or relating to a minor league.
2. of little import or consequence:

Origin of minor-league

An Americanism dating back to 1945-50

Examples for minor-league

The state of Georgia once had twenty-two minor-league towns; now it has only three.

Mr. Stokowski's doings of the last few years can no longer be classed as minor-league musical sensations.

O'Brien believes the major- and minor-league picture is outdated.

In 2010, he impersonated a minor-league pitcher to publicize a charity providing college scholarships to cancer survivors.

Yes, the minor-league baseball player memorably portrayed by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham.

The spread in Us Weekly with some other minor-league celebrity on the beaches of St. Tropez?

Lemblow was a minor-league pitcher who had long wanted to get a chance to play with the Giants.