Adjective : small-bore officials.    From Dictionary.com. 

Connection to small-bore sewers may then be needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

But now he's really focusing in some small-bore policy issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2008] Reference

Bishop offers the anti-Wordsworthians some small-bore ammunition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth Bishop and the Wordsworth of _Lyrical Ballads_: Sentimentalism, Straw Men, and Misprision] Reference

The media are addicted to small-bore, high-drama stories like these.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arianna Huffington: How About a Little Coverage of the Millions of At-Risk Kids Not Trapped in a Balloon (or Hiding in the Attic)?] Reference

I, too, got snookered by small-bore bickering and secondary ephemera.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is Important] Reference

State, it is much superior to the later small-bore, high-velocity arms now sold.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"] Reference

Even if you buy the worst interpretation of this, it's really pretty small-bore.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2008] Reference

In high school I shot 4-position small-bore, where I really learned to shot well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bourjaily on Starter Guns] Reference

Mainly, however, Obama's suggestions of where to find political civility were small-bore stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Doubles Down On 'Civility' In Somber Post-Election Remarks] Reference

The administration of CETA was lax, but almost all of its scandals were small-bore local corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terrance Heath: Congress, Get To Work: America Needs Jobs] Reference

Honestly, the 20 is a far more versatile small-bore choice, especially in thhese days of nontoxic shot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deadly Darlings] Reference

There are some small-bore things: I'm not a teenager now, so I've got to make sure my references are right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aural Argument] Reference

With his boyish physique and penetrating but small-bore sound, he could have been swamped by all the bluster.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handsome, Athletic Tenor, Hungry for Superstardom] Reference

With problems like these, you can see where the Weasel might decide to reel in the small-bore scams such as ours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Gingold: 'Chase Home Weasel' Backs off] Reference

Where not enough space is available for soakaways or drainage fields, small-bore sewers will have to be installed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

That was a close call, onward small-bore issue triangulation, because THAT will shift the country to a progressive footing!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't] Reference

He will also roll out a few relatively small-bore new proposals on which the White House believes legislative action is possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [With a Modest Agenda, Bush Has] Reference

If the pursuit of markhor and ibex is contemplated, a small-bore rifle will be required, but a heavy express is wanted to stop a bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference

By all accounts, Ms. Palin became consumed with the complaints, no matter how small-bore — which many were — or where they came from.    From Wordnik.com.  [Johnston says Palin lost his vote] Reference

When I remarked that most of the issues struck me as small-bore, he conceded as much, but insisted that they did not truly define Clinton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take Two: Hillary's Choice] Reference

Its mileposts have been a mix of small-bore initiatives, behind-the-scenes coalition building and an intense focus on job-friendly policymaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Has McDonnell's national rehabilitation begun?] Reference

White House economists say behavioral economics will continue to play a role in policy making, largely in regulatory matters and small-bore efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economic Policy 'Nudge' Gives Way to a 'Shove'] Reference

Ultimately, megatrends far beyond the control of government — like the Internet, or the growth of China — influence stocks more than small-bore policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t Bet On the President] Reference

It's sending thank-you notes, distributing free tickets and invitations, and engaging in small-bore patronage that keeps a coalition intact, a base grounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fenty's Big Green Machine never got into gear during his time as mayor] Reference

A pair of hunting rifles resided in a glass cabinet with a Soviet flag: small-bore, single-shot, bolt-action rifles polished as lovingly as a brace of violins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolves Eat Dogs]

All I knew was that I was suddenly looking right into it, and, though it appeared to be a small-bore automatic, it was like looking into the mouth of a tunnel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Luxembourg Run]

So he was given an outfit also, and the three men furnished themselves with the small-bore Austrian army rifles, whose cordite bullets possessed terrific power.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pirate Shark] Reference

Sewers of smaller diameter than usual (small-bore sewerage), sewers built nearer to the surface than usual, and sewers with flatter gradient than usual have been tried.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

When it comes to Obama, I think there is a fair amount of policy there (though often distressingly small-bore, imho), but it's not what people take away and talk about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | CNN/UNH Poll: Obama Rockets To Ten-Point Lead] Reference

In order to promote democracy, in this vision, you need economic reform, trade, exchange programs, legal and educational advances, and hundreds of such small-bore efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush's Really Good Idea] Reference

Avery faced the intruder in the shattered doorframe, a mechanical being nine feet in height, with flashing red eyes and a small-bore cannon fixed on one of its three arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [BLANKENSHIP & DAWES IN: CHRONO-CONUNDRUM! • by Jens Rushing] Reference

When Republicans invited the public to rank proposals online, critics lampooned the effort for small-bore notions such as ending a federal program for "historic whaling partners.".    From Wordnik.com.  [New Republican Agenda, Or Lack Of One, Divides Party] Reference