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Cinderella team

Cinderella team noun: an underdog or lesser-known team that unexpectedly achieves significant success by outperforming a higher-seeded opponent.

Noun

Cinderella team (plural Cinderella teams)

  1. An underdog or lesser-known team that unexpectedly achieves significant success by outperforming a higher-seeded opponent.

Forms of Cinderella team

pluralCinderella teams

Questions about Cinderella team

What does Cinderella team mean?
Cinderella team means an underdog or lesser-known team that unexpectedly achieves significant success by outperforming a higher-seeded opponent.
What part of speech is Cinderella team?
Cinderella team is a noun.
What is the plural of Cinderella team?
The plural of Cinderella team is Cinderella teams.

Words near Cinderella team in the dictionary

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  3. Cinderella State
  4. Cinderella stories
  5. Cinderella story
  6. Cinderella team
  7. Cinderella teams
  8. Cinderella weed
  9. Cinderellaesque
  10. Cinderellan
  11. cinderellas

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