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adjective
- 1. (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality: "they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings" Similar Opposite
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MEAGRE definition: 1. (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough: 2. UK spelling of meager 3. very small in…. Learn more.
meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency. a meager portion of meat. scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent. supplies too scanty to last the winter.
3 meanings: 1. deficient in amount, quality, or extent 2. thin or emaciated 3. lacking in richness or strength.... Click for more definitions.
meagre. adjective. /ˈmiːɡə (r)/. /ˈmiːɡər/. (US English meager) small in quantity and poor in quality synonym paltry. a meagre diet of bread and water. She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
What does the word meagre mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word meagre, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. meagre has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
Definitions of meagre. adjective. deficient in amount or quality or extent. synonyms: meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy. scarce. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand. bare, scanty, spare. lacking in amplitude or quantity. exiguous.
If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
meagre. adjective. UK (US meager) uk / ˈmiːɡə r/ us. Add to word list. not enough in amount: a meagre ration / salary. (Definition of meagre from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adj. 1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. 2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain. 3. Having little flesh; lean. [Middle English megre, thin, from Old French, from Latin macer; see māk- in Indo-European roots.] mea′ger·ly adv.
MEAGRE meaning: 1. (of amounts or numbers) very small or not enough: 2. UK spelling of meager 3. very small in…. Learn more.
