smalltime

ADJECTIVE

small-time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

petty

WEAK

bush-league dinky inconsequential inconsiderable insignificant low piddling second-string secondary trivial two-bit unimportant

Example Sentences

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Smalltime lead-pencil makers generally retail their product under 5�.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smalltime publisher Frank P. Briggs, now filling the seat by appointment, breezed through the Democratic primary; Republicans went overboard for James P. Kern, well-to-do Kansas City lawyer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smalltime independent film producers are already busily grinding out TV shorts.

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