small-time
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈsmɔːl.taɪm/us/ˈsmɑːl.taɪm/not verysuccessfulorimportant:
不起眼的，不很成功的a small-timecrook不起眼的骗子
a small-timetheatre二流剧院
Synonym
nickel-and-dimeUSinformal
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- be dead in the wateridiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- frustrated
- futile
- go/get/head nowhereidiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- redemption
- rope
- small-timer
- stillborn
- struggling
- unavailing
- vain
- vainly
- washed up
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Of little or less importance