Definition of "small-bore" []

• Of, relating to, or being a firearm of small caliber. (adjective)
• Trivial or parochial in character: "the petty talking points . . . and small-bore scandals that regularly intrude on campaigns” ( New Republic). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Clinton, helped by a solid economy, did enough to get re-elected, but it was a year largely characterized by small-bore initiatives like school uniforms and neighborhood curfews."
• "In the United States, KTM became a respected bike and team within the small-bore ranks several years ago."
• "While the policy shift allows for a lift on travel and remittance restrictions and paves the way for greater telecommunications links with the island, some bloggers are concerned that the measure has not gone far enough (e.g.: the trade embargo still remains in place), rendering the new policy, in the words of The Cuban Triangle, “humanitarian, unsustainable, small-bore, a kind of inoculation, and a question mark.”"