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What is another word for Meager? – 159 Meager Synonyms

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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    scanty sparse lean meek paltry poor scant slender thin bare barren deficient feeble frail inadequate insufficient limited modest niggardly penurious pitiful puny scrawny skimpy slight small stingy subtle weak beggarly frugal miserly stingy austere Spartan barebones destitute impoverished lacking mean miserable necessitous needy pinched poverty-stricken straitened undernourished ungenerous

    Meaning of Meager

    Lacking in quantity or amount

    Definitions

    • Of poor quality or inadequate
    • Ungenerous or stingy
    • Characterized by a lack of something, such as food or resources
    • Limited or insufficient in extent or degree

    Example Uses

    • The meager salary made it difficult for her to afford basic necessities
    • The meager portions at the restaurant left us feeling hungry and unsatisfied
    • The meager response to the charity appeal was disappointing
    • The meager evidence presented in court was not enough to secure a conviction
    • The meager rainfall during the summer months led to a severe drought

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    abundant ample bountiful generous lavish liberal luxurious opulent plentiful rich affluent copious exuberant fertile fruitful lush profuse prosperous thriving verdant wealthy booming bustling flush flourishing teeming

    Related Nouns

    poverty scarcity shortage deficiency inadequacy insufficiency lack need want destitution famine hunger malnutrition starvation barrenness desolation bleakness austerity frugality parsimony stinginess miserliness niggardliness

    Related Verbs

    lack want need deprive stint skimp economize conserve ration restrict limit reduce decrease diminish lower curtail cut slash pare prune

    Related Adjectives

    scant sparse lean thin bare barren deficient feeble frail inadequate insufficient limited modest niggardly penurious pitiful puny scrawny skimpy slight small stingy subtle weak beggarly frugal miserly austere Spartan barebones destitute impoverished lacking mean miserable necessitous needy pinched poverty-stricken straitened undernourished ungenerous