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.

maigre.

OTHER WORDS FOR meager

2 gaunt, spare, skinny.

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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”

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1. See scanty.

OTHER WORDS FROM meager

mea·ger·ly, adverbmea·ger·ness, noun

How to use meager in a sentence

That assessment, as thin as it was, was enough to give the markets a meager boost on Tuesday.
Here’s what could happen to your portfolio in the case of a ‘no deal’ on fiscal stimulus|Bernhard Warner|October 21, 2020|Fortune
These include a pay rise for Nigeria’s more than 350,000 federal police officers so that they are less tempted to resort to extortion to supplement meager wages.
Why Nigeria’s Youth Won’t Stop Protesting|Charu Kasturi|October 16, 2020|Ozy
The fall in the multiple to normal levels works against the 10% gains in profits, leaving meager, low-single-digit returns.
Big Tech is suffering from ‘mean reversion.’ And the downdraft isn’t over yet|Shawn Tully|September 26, 2020|Fortune
Across the whole health-care system, meager increases in mortality rates have profound impacts.
Is the Düsseldorf cyberattack really the first to result in death?|rhhackettfortune|September 23, 2020|Fortune

Now money market holdings are once again declining because, well, it makes little sense to park your cash there if it’s earning meager returns.
As investors pull back, this Big Tech darling is flirting with bear territory|Bernhard Warner|September 18, 2020|Fortune
The Romans were perhaps the first who introduced that art into Britain, meagerly as they did introduce it.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
The tragedy of love is not (what it is thought to be) the unreciprocated love, but the meagerly returned love.
The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London
He gave an okay sign to Van Dellen who waved back meagerly and managed a smile.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
Nearly every man had a little bedroom meagerly furnished with pictures 76from old illustrated papers adorning the walls.
The Cryptogram|William Murray Graydon
“Upon my honor, you are not very complimentary to my taste,” he said, glancing around the meagerly furnished apartment.
Daisy Brooks|Laura Jean Libbey