two-bit

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Recent Examples of two-bit Initially, theater houses exhibited short clips in dingy rooms and were considered little more than two-bit sideshows. Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025 The four resulting states are used to represent the four possible two-bit combinations: 00, 01, 10, and 11. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2016 The genre-bender, about a two-bit criminal loser who stumbles upon his superpowers and learns to care about humanity, became Italy’s 2016 sleeper hit, pulling in 1 million admissions locally before launching from dozens of festivals and selling widely around the world. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-bit
Adjective
  • Raising girls in a world where women are often treated as second-class citizens isn’t easy.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Free public markets let anyone own anything but retail investors often still feel like second-class citizens in the world of finance.
    Philip Maymin, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That sketch, coming just before the episode’s closing performance by Cypress Hill, was the hour’s peak, containing all the promise of petty obsessions afforded airtime in a chorus of besuited actors shouting a monologue as one.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
  • This isn’t to say the vigilante trans group in the new world is free of petty catfights.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Farke has found a way to maximise Firpo’s talents, even with the caveat this is a former Barcelona full-back playing against second-rate opposition.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Investors and CEOs pointed to the underwhelming outcomes of companies like LendingClub and Prosper, dismissing lenders as destined for second-rate market values and investment returns.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, this isn't a one-horse race.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Brazilian star was expected to be in a one-horse race for the sport's highest indvidual accolade and become the first man from his country to win it since Kaka in 2007.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • From automating repetitive tactics to enhancing predictive analytics, AI is not just an auxiliary tool.
    Vamsi Gosu, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The plan includes the construction of a 10,000-square-foot auxiliary hanger plus two additional maintenance hangers.
    Laura Kinsler, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The defense has a lot of new players, particularly in the secondary — UM added five defensive backs via the portal who are all competing for roles.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • At that moment — that divine moment, as Ellingson remembers it — Hufanga screamed in from the secondary and blew up an opposing running back on a sweep.
    Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Two-bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-bit. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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