ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective
1.
a. : designed to be drawn by only one horse
a one-horse wagon
b. : using or owning only one horse
a one-horse farm
2.
a.
(1) : that falls woefully below usual or expected standards : most inferior or inadequate : distinctly below par : second-rate
put on an art exhibition that was pretty much a one-horse affair
elected a one-horse committee
a one-horse newspaper
one-horse lawyer struggling to get along — Hamilton Basso
(2) : that lacks substance and force : that is of little real importance or consequence : trivial
advanced some kind of one-horse theory
a one-horse argument
b. : that is small in size and limited in resources and narrowly provincial in outlook, atmosphere, and development : jerkwater , insular
stop overnight in a one-horse town