second string

Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.

Adjective

  1. Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.
    • I got a new pair of shoes, so I think I'll use the old, second string pair in my garden.

Noun

  1. A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string.

Forms

second strings

Synonyms

junior varsity

Derived

second-stringer