nickel-and-dimeUSinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Unsuccessful (people and things)
abortive
abortively
achiever
be dead in the wateridiom
bootless
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
frustrated
futile
futilely
on the rocksidiom
on the ropesidiom
redemption
rope
small-timer
up and downidiom
vain
vainly
washed up
you and whose army?idiom
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small-timer
small-time | American Dictionary
small-time
adjective
us/ˈsmɔlˈtɑɪm/
not very important or successful:
a small-time football team