Definition of "major-league" []

• Sports Of or relating to a major league: major-league baseball. (adjective)
• Informal Prominent or important: a major-league ballet company; a major-league decision. (adjective)
• Informal Impressive, as in extent or quantity: "a destination for major-league wooing” ( Bryan Miller). (adjective)

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• "After that, you've got a public pantsing of a so-called major-league team, which requires some quality pantsing when you're talking about a team that takes a month to fire a general manager."
• "These include voluntarily limiting scholarships, selling naming rights to the diamond, offering electronic game-day programs for smartphones and even squaring off against major-league teams."
• "We began by taking every hitter who had made at least 1,000 major-league plate appearances since 2007—a pool of 252."