meager (a)
meagre (a)
meagerly (a)
stingy#2 (a)
scrimpy (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def deficient in amount or quality or extent
examples meager resources
meager fare
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Also see insufficient, deficient; minimal, minimum; scarce
Attribute sufficiency, adequacy
Derivationally related form meagre → meagreness
Derivationally related form meager → meagerness
Antonym meager → ample
Similar to bare(a), scanty, spare; exiguous; hand-to-mouth(a); hardscrabble; measly, miserable, paltry
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Also see scarce; insufficient, deficient
Antonym ample → meager
Similar to bare(a), scanty, spare; exiguous; hand-to-mouth(a); hardscrabble; measly, miserable, paltry
Derived from adjective meagerly → meager
Attribute sufficiency, adequacy
Derivationally related form meagreness → meagre
Derivationally related form meagerness → meager

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