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meagre
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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.

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

meager·ly adv.
meager·ness n.

meagre or US meager
Adjective
1. not enough in amount or extent: meagre wages
2. thin or emaciated [Old French maigre]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.meagre - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
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"

meagre
Translations
meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adjescaso, pobre

meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adjmaigre

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

meagre (US), meager [ˈmiːgəʳ] adjmagro/a

meagre
adj meagre [ˈmiːgə]
poor or not enough meagre earnings. skraal هَزيل، ضئيل беден hubený; skrovný ringe dürftig ισχνός, ανεπαρκής escaso, pobre napp ناچیز niukka maigre דַל कम, दुबला oskudan sovány, csekély kecil, sedikit magur; rÿr, fátæklegur misero 貧弱な 빈약한, 불충분한 menkas, skurdus nepietiekams; vājš tidak seberapa pover mager, skrinn, skral ubogi insuficiente slab скудный chatrný pomanjkljiv, boren bedan mager, knapp ขาดแคลน az, yetersiz 貧弱的 недостатній; убогий ادنی nghèo nàn
adv meagrely
skraal بِصورَةٍ ضئيلَه، بصورةٍ هَزيلَه бедно hubeně; skrovně ringe dürftig ισχνά escasamente napilt بطور ناقص niukasti maigrement בְּאוֹפֶן דַל कमजोरी siromašno szegényesen, csekélyen sedikit fátæklega; lélega miseramente 貧弱に 빈약하게 menkai, skurdžiai nepietiekami; skopi dengan tidak seberapa pover magert ubogo insuficientemente slab; sărăcăcios скудно skromne pomanjkljivo bedno magert อย่างขาดแคลน az/kıt şekilde 貧弱地 бідно کم مایگی سے một cách nghèo nàn
n meagreness
skraalheid نحاله، هُزال، ضئالَه бедност hubenost; skrovnost ringhed die Dürftigkeit ισχνότητα escasez nappus کم niukkuus maigreur דַּלוּת कमजोरी siromaštvo csekély volta vminek kekurangan megurð; rÿrð scarsità 貧弱 빈약함 menkumas, skurdumas nepietiekamība, trūcīgums bersifat tidak seberapa poverheid magerhet, skrinnhet ubóstwo insuficiência slăbiciune скудость skromnosť pomanjkljivost bednost magerhet ความขาดแคลน azlık, kıtlık 貧弱 убогість کم مایگی sự nghèo nàn


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