small-time

Speech parts

1. small-time - Noun

2. small-time - Adjective

3. small-time - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of minor importance

Alternative names

small time

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Examples

It is not as though "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" was a precept from which splendid fiction could not be drawn; it is rather that what these small-time rebels choose to do is so trivial, so cheap, and in the end, so dreary. Robertson Davies

... [I] would certainly like to work with Dennehy again. When he was presented with the script he didn't know me from Adam, and why should he, small-time eccentric, esoteric Englishman that I am? Peter Greenaway

The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever. John Gunther

a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room Source: Internet

a small-time actor Source: Internet

“Afraid of getting exposed, the BJP government is doing naatak (drama) of catching small-time criminals, while letting off the bigger ones. Source: Internet

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