junior varsity

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noun Sports.

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.

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Origin of junior varsity

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby junior varsity

junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior miss, junior school, junior technician, junior varsity, junior welterweight, juniper, juniper berry, juniper oil, juniper tar

How to use junior varsity in a sentence

He stayed with the boy until rescuers arrived and extracted Jonah Handler, 15, a resident of Unit 1002 and a junior varsity baseball player at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens.
The shattered lives of Champlain Towers South|Silvia Foster-Frau, Ann Gerhart, Danielle Rindler, Karly Domb Sadof, Garland Potts, Artur Galocha|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
She was a majorette for the band, played basketball, and ran track and cross country, staying at the junior varsity level all four years.
Wonder woman|Christina Couch, SM ’15|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The Duxbury team’s game Friday against Hingham was canceled along with junior varsity and freshman games scheduled for Saturday and Monday.
Massachusetts high school football coach fired over his team’s anti-Semitic audibles|Cindy Boren|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Kooper already had a highlight reel, and it included some nice-looking throws, but it was from his sophomore season on the junior varsity team.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica

She was on the junior varsity team at Kettle Run High as a ninth-grader and then chose Christchurch, where Homer was clearly ready for a young woman playing on his team with the boys.
She’s aiming to play Division III football this fall — at defensive back|Leonard Shapiro|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.
A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down|Nicolaus Mills|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lewis did not get on the field for a single varsity game during his four years at West Point.
A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down|Nicolaus Mills|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.
Fraternities in a Post-UVA World|Samantha Allen|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You must now wear the same haircut & clothes you sported in junior high…forever.
#FixTheInternet: The Hashtag That Beat Back Kim Kardashian’s Butt|Emily Shire|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Directors were to us junior clerks, remote personalities, mythical beings dwelling on Olympian heights.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The tall, lean youngster wore a junior pilot's bands on the sleeves of his blue uniform.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
With them were two civilians, both in rough shooting-jackets and breeches, one about forty-five, the other a few years his junior.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
The girls of the Junior class in modern history were filing out on Friday.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
The Junior class crowded into Miss Carringtons room and took their seats.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison