meager

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Having little flesh; lean; thin
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying

A meager piece of cake in one bite.

scanty
{a} lean, thin, poor, starved
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk
barely adequate; "a meager allowance"
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean
Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery
{s} scant, poor, little, insufficient, lacking in amount of quantity; scrawny, lean (also meagre)
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" barely adequate; "a meager allowance
barely adequate; "a meager allowance
To make lean
Lacks "body" and "depth" Has definite feeling of flavour dilution Seems to occur in some select varietal wines vinified from grapes subjected to late season rain, although there are other explanations as well
Lacks "body" and "depth" Has definite feeling of flavor dilution Seems to occur in some select varietal wines vinified from grapes subjected to late season rain, although there are other explanations as well
meager existence
living from hand to mouth, barely getting by
meager rations
food meal that provides little sustenance or nutrition, bread and water
meager salary
small salary, salary that is not large enough to live on
meagerness
The state of being meager
meagre
An edible fish of the genus Argyrosomus
meagre
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying

A meagre piece of cake in one bite.

meagrely
In a meagre way; poorly; inadequately
meagreness
The state of being meagre
meagre
An edible fish, Argyrosomus regius
meagerness
{n} leanness, thinness, poorness
meagerly
to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"
meagerly
In a meager way; poorly; inadequately
meagerly
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
meagerly
Poorly; thinly
meagerly
leanly, thinly; poorly; insufficiently, in a manner lacking amount or quantity (also meagrely)
meagerness
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness
meagerness
{i} poorness; scantiness; condition of being insufficient (also meagreness)
meagerness
the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
meagre
Having little flesh; lean; thin
meagre
It is valued as a food fish
meagre
Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery
meagre
aquila, having white bloodless flesh
meagre
To make lean
meagre
Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk
meagre
mea·gre in AM, use meager disapproval If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough. The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise. a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need (maigre, from macer )
meagre
{s} scant, poor, little, insufficient, lacking in amount of quantity; scrawny, lean (also meager)
meagre
A large European sciænoid fish Sciæna umbra or S
meagre
deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
meagre
Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean
meagre
A kind of fish
meagre
scanty
meagrely
Poorly; thinly
meagrely
to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference"; "the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources"
meagreness
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness
meager
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