small-scale

[smawl-skeyl]

adjective

1. of limited extent; of small scope.

   a small-scale enterprise.

2. being a relatively small map, model, etc., of the original and, hence, showing relatively little detail.

small-scale

adjective

1. of limited size or scope

2. (of a map, model, etc) giving a relatively small representation of something, usually missing out details

Word History and Origins

Origin of small-scale¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

In many countries, small-scale gold mining is a way of life, said Parker Schnabel, an Alaska-based gold miner who stars in Discovery’s long-running “Gold Rush” series.

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Jin and its other leaders increasingly took their work online, while establishing more than 100 smaller-scale branches across the country.

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The government has defended ending the subsidy which it says will save $1.1bn a year that can be distributed to small-scale farmers and people in the transport sector.

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Like him, many other small-scale, traditional fishermen in Saint-Louis - a major fishing hub - are facing hard times.

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This is not unusual for gene therapies, and others have made it onto the NHS off the back of small-scale trials.

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