skimpy
adjective
lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty.
skimpiness
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a word derived from
skimpy.
Example Sentences
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On our calendar of hazards, spring stands alone for the skimpiness of its drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Sunday's premiere of Verdi's perhaps most popular work was noteworthy for two things - inspiring performances and direction and staging that was puzzling for its skimpiness.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2011
Christieapproved, but apparently took issue with the skimpiness of Finney'smoustache.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2011
The use of Theoni Aldredge's Broadway-budget costumes just makes the surrounding skimpiness look worse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, the faded and unknown hue of the substantial brocade, the skimpiness of the satin, the quaint devices in piping-cord and feather-stitch—must assuredly have been coeval with that good woman's famous hat and spencer.
From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
