meager
[adjective]
Synonyms: lean, angular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, exiguous, poor, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

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Antonyms: ample
Contrasted words: adequate, enough, sufficient, appreciable, considerable, copious, plentiful
Related Words: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, inappreciable, inconsiderable, slight, bare, mere, minimum, miserable, shabby

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mea‧gre British English, meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $ -ər/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: maigre, from Latin macer 'thin']
a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need ⇒ substantial:
a meagre diet of bread and beans
meagre income/earnings/wages etc
He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.
a school with meagre resources
—meagrely adverb
—meagreness noun [uncountable]

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