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meager
[ mee-ger ]
/ ˈmi gər /
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adjective
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
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Also especially British, mea·gre .
Origin of meager
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English megre, from Old French maigre, from Latin macer “lean”
synonym study for meager
1. See scanty.
OTHER WORDS FROM meager
mea·ger·ly, adverbmea·ger·ness, nounWords nearby meager
Meadows's syndrome, meadowsweet, meadow vole, Meads, Meadville, meager, meagre, meal, mealie, mealie meal, mealie pap
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