meagre

mea·ger also mea·gre  (mgr)

adj.

1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.

2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain.

3. Having little flesh; lean.

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[Middle English megre, thin, from Old French, from Latin macer; see mk- in Indo-European roots.]

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meager·ly adv.

meager·ness n.

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meagre or US meager

Adjective

1. not enough in amount or extent: meagre wages

2. thin or emaciated [Old French maigre]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

meagre - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" minimal, minimum - the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" insufficient, deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

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meagre

adjective insubstantial, little, small, poor, spare, slight, inadequate, pathetic, slender, scant, sparse, deficient, paltry, skimpy, puny, measly, scanty, exiguous, scrimpy

Translations

meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adj → escaso, pobre

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meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adj → maigre

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meagre (US) meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adj (amount) → kläglich;

(meal) → dürftig

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meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adj → magro/a