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								second in order of importance the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory
 2.
								preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
 a beta version
 beta software
 
 'beta' - used as a noun
 3.
								beets
 4.
								the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
 
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