Library / English Dictionary

MEAGER

Pronunciation (US):

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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:

Adjectives

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)

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