Definitions
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- adjective On a small scale.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of minor importance
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Examples
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The paper was referring to small-time crooks and drug dealers, but Sydney knew that on that day a larger-scale criminal had been there.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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The paper was referring to small-time crooks and drug dealers, but Sydney knew that on that day a larger-scale criminal had been there.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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The paper was referring to small-time crooks and drug dealers, but Sydney knew that on that day a larger-scale criminal had been there.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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The paper was referring to small-time crooks and drug dealers, but Sydney knew that on that day a larger-scale criminal had been there.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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I wouldn't feel comfortable torturing someone in GTA either, (though I suppose it wouldn't bother me too much if it was a murdering drug-dealer compared to a small-time thief).
Was RapeLay 'Asking For It'? SVGL 2009
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Thakur hires two small-time but infamous thieves Jai and Veeru to accomplish his wish.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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Attaching a multi-shilling tax to every court transaction would be murder to tenant farmers and small-time artisans.
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Thakur hires two small-time but infamous thieves Jai and Veeru to accomplish his wish.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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By what lawful and proper manner would terrorism information from the confidential national database, disclosure of which information could tip terrorists or harm a citizen, travel from a small-time police department to a small-time local newspaper?
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Dr. Mohanty points out that a way must be found to include the small-time landlords on whose lands slums have come up in any future "verticalization" of the dwellings of the poor, or new developments cannot be done.
Scott Baker: Will India Lead the Way in Urban Land Tax Reform? A Mission Director from the Indian Ministry of Housing Provides Some Answers Scott Baker 2011
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