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small-time Definition

☆ small·-time (-tīm′)

adjective

Informal of little importance or significance; minor or petty

small-time Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • crook: The Killing Leon is a small-time crook who's ridden his luck for three decades.
  • gangster: Reviewed by: Maurice Reviewed on: 11 Nov 2005 A small-time gangster that wants to be a concert pianist.
  • dealer: You had to watch them, some of the small-time car dealers dealing in secondhand cars, God they were crooks.
  • criminal: Ruth married Dean Neave, a small-time criminal and drug abuser, in 1991 and moved to the Welland, in Peterborough.
  • farmer: A new, modified drip irrigation system has recently been developed for small-time farmers.
  • job: After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization.