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Meaning of rookie numbers | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Low numbers or a small amount of something, especially seen as signaling one's inexperience or naïveté.

humorous, plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“Compared to Bezos, Zoom's insider dumps are rookie numbers.”
“Garfield recently discussed how he got into character as a Jesuit priest for the movie Silence by being celibate for half a year. But Barrymore's reaction? Those are rookie numbers!”
“As the protector of Wallachia and Transylvania, [Vlad Dracula] was a far more bloodthirsty ruler than the infamous Queen Mary I, Mary Tudor, also known as Bloody Mary; she burned 280 religious dissenters at the stake during her reign. Those are rookie numbers to Dracula.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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