junior varsity

noun

Sports.

1. a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.

Word History and Origins

Origin of junior varsity¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

As a high-schooler in North Carolina, he’d been stuck on junior varsity for two years, which he later called “the best thing that could have happened.”

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They worked a junior varsity girls’ game at Granada Hills this week.

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He played junior varsity last season, and let’s just say Celts coach Derek Fisher is going to have fun working with him.

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The junior varsity teams will play at 2:30 p.m., followed by a girls flag football game at 5 p.m. and the varsity 11-man game at 7:30 p.m.

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So St. Augustine did the only thing it could do to get Stewart game experience: It played him on junior varsity.

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