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

Derived forms: meagrer, meagrest

See also: adequacy, bare, deficient, exiguous, hand-to-mouth, hardscrabble, insufficient, meagreness [Brit, Cdn], measly, minimal, minimum, miserable, paltry, scanty, scarce, spare, sufficiency

Encyclopedia: Meagre

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