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Adjective: meager (meagerer,meagerest)  meegur
Usage: N. Amer (=meagre)
  1. Deficient in amount or quality or extent
    "meager resources"; "meager fare"
    - meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagerly [N. Amer], stingy, scrimpy, meagrely [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: meagerest

See also: adequacy, bare, deficient, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, insufficient, meagerly [N. Amer], meagerness [N. Amer], measly, minimal, minimum, miserable, paltry, scanty, scarce, spare, sufficiency

Antonym: ample

Encyclopedia: Meager

Nearest

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meadow saxifrage
meadow spikemoss
meadow spittlebug
meadow vole
meadow-beauty family
meadowgrass
meadowlark
meadowsweet
Mead's milkweed
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mealberry
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