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单词 meagre
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meagreadjective

UK US meager uk/ˈmiː.ɡər/us/ˈmiː.ɡɚ/

(of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough:

a meagre salary
The prisoners existed on a meagre diet.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Scarce, inadequate and not enough

  • be at a premium idiom
  • be thin on the ground idiom
  • dearth
  • deficiency
  • deficient
  • gold dust
  • lacking
  • late
  • long on sth and short on sth idiom
  • lousy
  • measly
  • mingy
  • nearly
  • rare
  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • shortfall
  • sparse
  • supply
  • thin

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meagreadjective

UK US meager uk/ˈmiːɡər/us

very small in amount or number or not enough in amount or number:

Manufacturing output rose by a meagre 0.1% in September.
Her meagre salary is not enough to pay her living expenses.
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