Usually means: Substitute or backup, not primary.
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  1. second-string: Merriam-Webster
  2. second-string: Vocabulary.com
  3. second-string: Wordnik
  4. second-string: Wiktionary
  5. second-string: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. second-string: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. second-string: Dictionary.com
  8. second-string: Rhymezone
  9. second-string: FreeDictionary.org
  10. second-string: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. second-string: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  belonging to the second string of a team
▸ adjective:  substitute or replacement
▸ adjective:  second most important

Similar:
substitute, secondary, third-string, second-division, first-string, semi-professional, weak-side, weakside, shorthanded, bottom-dwelling, more...

Opposite:
first-string, starting, primary, top-tier

Types:
backup, substitute, reserve, spare, more...

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Similar:
substitute, secondary, third-string, second-division, first-string, semi-professional, weak-side, weakside, shorthanded, bottom-dwelling, more...

Opposite:
first-string, starting, primary, top-tier

Types:
backup, substitute, reserve, spare, more...



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