Meager
['migɚ]
Definition
(adj.) deficient in amount or quality or extent; 'meager resources'; 'meager fare' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Meagre
(v. t.) Alt. of Meagre
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Examples
- This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the face of a clotted intricacy in the subject-matter of politics, improvements in knowledge seem meager indeed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition), prove. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At this point Sola returned with our meager belongings and her young Martian protege, who, of course, would have to share the quarters with them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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