meagre
adjective
[ ˈmiːɡə ]
• (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
• "they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings"
Similar:
inadequate,
scanty,
scant,
paltry,
limited,
restricted,
modest,
insufficient,
sparse,
spare,
deficient,
negligible,
insubstantial,
skimpy,
short,
little,
lean,
small,
slight,
slender,
poor,
miserable,
pitiful,
puny,
miserly,
beggarly,
measly,
stingy,
pathetic,
piddling,
exiguous,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘lean’): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer .
meagre
noun
• a large predatory marine fish of the drum family, found in the Mediterranean, eastern Atlantic, and south-western Indian Ocean. It is an important food fish in southern Africa.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, noun use of maigre ‘lean, thin’.
