meager
IPA: mˈigɝ
verb
- (American spelling, transitive) To make lean.
adjective
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
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Examples of "meager" in Sentences
- The amount offood is meager.
- Meager eruption articles in the category.
- The electoral college and its meager federalism.
- The economy is meager and agricultural in nature.
- The internal evidence of religion in the text is meager.
- The meager amounts collected were used to finance the work.
- The angle is somewhat distracting, and the caption is meager.
- Rather, she was of the middle class and lived on meager finances.
- However, the days are shorter, and the lunches are meager and pitiful.
- The agriculture activity is intensive and the groundwater resources are meager.
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