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adjective
- 1. (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality: "they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings" Similar Opposite
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MEAGRE definition: 1. (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough: 2. UK spelling of meager 3. very small in…. Learn more.
The meaning of MEAGER is having little flesh : thin. How to use meager in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Meager.
adjective. If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough. [disapproval] The bank's staff were already angered by the meagre pay rise. Their food supply is meager. More Synonyms of meagre. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definition of meagre adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meagre definition: deficient in amount, quality, or extent. See examples of MEAGRE used in a sentence.
MEAGER definition: 1. US spelling of meagre 2. (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough: 3. very small in…. Learn more.
Definitions of meagre. adjective. deficient in amount or quality or extent. synonyms: meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy. scarce. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand. bare, scanty, spare. lacking in amplitude or quantity. exiguous.
Meager definition: deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate. See examples of MEAGER used in a sentence.
1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. 2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain. 3. Having little flesh; lean. [Middle English megre, thin, from Old French, from Latin macer; see māk- in Indo-European roots.] mea′ger·ly adv. mea′ger·ness n.
1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate. a meager salary. meager fare. a meager harvest.