āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
skimpy
01
āĻāĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ, āĻ āĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛
(of clothing) close-fitting, short, and exposing more of the body than typical
Disapproving
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The model strutted down the runway in a skimpy outfit that left little to the imagination.
āĻŽāĻĄā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤
lacking in adequacy or fullness
Disapproving
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company provided its employees with skimpy benefits, leading to dissatisfaction.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
skimpily
skimpy
skimp
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
