Definition & Meaning of "meager"in English

meager

lacking in quantity, quality, or extent

deficient

exiguous

inadequate

insufficient

lacking

Disapproving

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

most meager

Comparative

more meager

gradable

Examples

The family survived on a meager income, struggling to make ends meet.

(of people or animals) lean or thin, often suggesting a lack of nourishment or robustness

bony

emaciated

gaunt

lean

lithe

Disapproving

Examples

The stray dog was meager, with ribs visible through its fur.

Lexical Tree

meagerly

meagerness

meager

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