meager
[ mee-ger ]
/ ˈmi gər /
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, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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