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underclassman
noun
The opposite of an upperclassman; a freshman or sophomore.
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Noh's best friend, the oafish Om, has a crush on an underclassman, the childlike Mick, who closely adheres to the uke stereotype.
Why the "two Gins" (Virginia Barnett and Virginia Kellogg) were sometimes put at the same table, although roommates, while I repeatedly drew one of my bêtes noires — a pale, spectacled, black-haired, sneering underclassman by the name of Catherine McPherson — was beyond understanding.
Then, he was the besieged wunderkind at U.C.L.A. who led a roster of underclassman blue chips known as the Baby Bruins.
Scott, a heralded high school player from the Bronx, is a senior who did not hesitate to defer to the underclassman.
In reality, trendsetting draftniks work a year or two in advance; not only are 2013 mock drafts available that rank college underclassman, but somewhere, a trailblazer is basing his 2034 mock draft on genetic research and ultrasound images.
" 'Dazed' definitely captures a very particular mood that I think resonates with anybody who ever spent listless teenage years riding around looking for something to do and trying to figure out who they are," Wiley Wiggins, who played Mitch Kramer, the gangly underclassman who befriends the upperclassmen, said in an e-mail.
(If you're geeky enough to know the definition of "schadenfreude" as an underclassman, you'll probably get to experience that very feeling at a high school reunion one day).
— The Miami Hurricanes start four seniors, and their lone underclassman, the sophomore guard Shane Larkin, happens to be the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year.
One 16-year-old student, a junior from Queens who was on the team as an underclassman, said older, more successful runners would intimidate the younger athletes in the locker room.
It's not too early to be looking ahead to the N.F.L. draft, especially if you're a promising underclassman wanting to turn pro.
Why the "two Gins" (Virginia Barnett and Virginia Kellogg) were sometimes put at the same table, although roommates, while I repeatedly drew one of my bêtes noires a pale, spectacled, black-haired, sneering underclassman by the name of Catherine McPherson was beyond understanding.
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