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.

Origin:
1850–55

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small-scale
 
adj
1.  of limited size or scope
2.  (of a map, model, etc) giving a relatively small representation of something, usually missing out details

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