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MEAGER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deficient in amount or quality or extent
Example:
meager fare
Synonyms:
meager; meagerly; meagre; scrimpy; stingy
Classified under:
Similar:
bare; scanty; spare (lacking in magnitude or quantity)
exiguous (extremely scanty)
hand-to-mouth (providing only bare essentials)
hardscrabble (barely satisfying a lower standard)
measly; miserable; paltry (contemptibly small in amount)
Also:
scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)
minimal; minimum (the least possible)
deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Attribute:
adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)
Antonym:
ample (more than enough in size or scope or capacity)
Derivation:
meagerness (the quality of being meager)
