skimpy

skimp·y  (skmp)

adj. skimp·i·er, skimp·i·est

1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting: a skimpy meal.

2. Unduly thrifty; niggardly.

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skimpi·ly adv.

skimpi·ness n.

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skimpy [ˈskɪmpɪ]

adj skimpier, skimpiest

1. (Clothing & Fashion) (of clothes, etc.) made of too little material; scanty

2. excessively thrifty; mean; stingy

skimpily  adv

skimpiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

skimpy - containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" lean insufficient, deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

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skimpy

adjective inadequate, insufficient, scant, meagre, short, tight, thin, sparse, scanty, miserly, niggardly, exiguous skimpy underwear

Translations

skimpy [ˈskɪmpɪ] ADJ (skimpier (compar) (skimpiest (superl))) [skirt etc] → breve; [allowance, meal] → escaso, mezquino

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skimpy [ˈskɪmpi] adj [dress, bikini] → tout(e) petit(e); [meal, pay] → maigre before n

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skimpy

adj (+er) → dürftig; meal also → kärglich; clothes → knapp

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skimpy [ˈskɪmpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (skirt) → striminzito/a, succinto/a; (hem) → piccolo/a; (allowance) → misero/a; (meal) → frugale

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skimpy [ˈskɪmpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (skirt) → striminzito/a, succinto/a; (hem) → piccolo/a; (allowance) → misero/a; (meal) → frugale

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skimpy → هزيل krátký stumpet dürftig φτωχικός mezquino niukka étriqué oskudan succinto 不十分な 빈약한 karig snau skąpy insuficiente недостаточный knapp ไม่พอเพียง yetersiz thiếu thốn 吝啬的