small-scale
of limited extent; of small scope: a small-scale enterprise.
being a relatively small map, model, etc., of the original and, hence, showing relatively little detail.
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How to use small-scale in a sentence
The nature of federal policy in regards to finance further worsened the situation for the small-scale entrepreneur.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA sustained—if small-scale—campaign may be the only way to achieve that.
Obama’s Iraq Plan Has a Killer Flaw—and Airstrikes Alone May Not Save It | Jacob Siegel | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd it especially strengthens those who look to meet massive challenges with little more than small-scale policy tinkering.
I say a small scale, because an overpowering majority of the public has never heard of him.
I say on a small scale, because an overpowering majority of the public has never heard of him.
On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThis indeed does happen constantly on a small scale in the familiar phenomenon of over-production.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockAnd probably you would continue to let sections of it to men that wanted to raise cattle or horses on a small scale.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThey like things on a small scale and know how to wring a dollar out of every five-cent piece.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAs the French farms are usually on a small scale, they are invariably kept cleaner than those in England and America.
British Dictionary definitions for small-scale
of limited size or scope
(of a map, model, etc) giving a relatively small representation of something, usually missing out details
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