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    SCRIMPY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Deficient in amount or quality or extentplay

    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)

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