bush league vs desolate

bush league

adj
  • Of inferior quality. 

  • Amateurish, unprofessional, unpolished, juvenile. 

noun
  • A professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization. 

  • A low-ranking or inferior level among groups, professions, organizations, etc. 

desolate

adj
  • Dismal or dreary. 

  • Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. 

  • Barren and lifeless. 

  • Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. 

  • Sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

verb
  • To devastate or lay waste somewhere. 

  • To abandon or forsake something. 

  • To deprive of inhabitants. 

  • To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless. 

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