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Meager Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Meager? [adj] deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" [adj] barely adequate; "a meager allowance" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Meager: bare(a) \| exiguous \| hand-to-mouth(a) \| hardscrabble \| marginal \| meagerly \| meagre \| measly \| miserable \| paltry \| scanty \| scrimpy \| spare \| stingy \| ungenerous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Meager: abstemious \| angular \| angustifoliate \| angustirostrate \| angustisellate \| angustiseptal \| ascetic \| austere \| bare \| bony \| cheeseparing \| chinchy \| chintzy \| circumscribed \| close \| close-fitting \| confined \| constricted \| cramp \| cramped \| crowded \| cursory \| deficient \| depthless \| dumpy \| dwarf \| dwarfed \| dwarfish \| elfin \| exiguous \| few \| flat \| flat-chested \| fleshless \| footling \| frugal \| gangling \| gangly \| gaunt \| gawky \| impoverished \| inadequate \| inappreciable \| incapacious \| incipient \| incommodious \| inconsequential \| inconsiderable \| infrequent \| insignificant \| insufficient \| isthmian \| isthmic \| jejune \| lank \| lanky \| lean \| lean-fleshed \| lean-looking \| Lenten \| Lilliputian \| limited \| little \| low \| mean \| mere \| midget \| miniature \| minimum \| miserable \| miserly \| nanoid \| narrow \| near \| negligible \| niggardly \| no great shakes \| paltry \| parsimonious \| petty \| picayune \| picayunish \| piddling \| poor \| puny \| pygmy \| rare \| rawboned \| restricted \| rudimental \| rudimentary \| runty \| scant \| scanty \| scarce \| scattered \| scraggy \| scrawny \| scrimp \| scrimping \| scrimpy \| scrubby \| seldom met with \| seldom seen \| shabby \| shallow \| short \| shriveled \| shrunk \| shrunken \| skeletal \| skimp \| skimping \| skimpy \| skin-deep \| skinny \| slender \| slight \| slim \| small \| spare \| sparing \| sparse \| Spartan \| spidery \| spindling \| spindly \| spotty \| sprinkled \| squat \| starvation \| stingy \| stinted \| strait \| straitened \| stunted \| subsistence \| superficial \| thin \| thin-bellied \| thin-fleshed \| tight \| tiny \| Tom Thumb \| trifling \| trivial \| twiggy \| undersize \| undersized \| underweight \| unnourishing \| unnutritious \| watered \| watery \| wizened See Also \| deficient \| insufficient \| scarce Meager In Webster's Dictionary \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. ? long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.] 1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. 2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery. ``Meager soil.'' --Dryden. Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I. Taylor. His education had been but meager. --Motley. 3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. \Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t. To make lean. [Obs.]

Meager Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Meager?

[adj] deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
[adj] barely adequate; "a meager allowance"

See Also | deficient | insufficient | scarce

Meager In Webster's Dictionary

\Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, a. [OE. merge, F. maigre, L.
macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. ?
long. Cf. {Emaciate}, {Maigre}.]
1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

         Meager were his looks; Sharp misery had worn him to
         the bones.                            --Shak.

2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like;
   defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren;
   scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence
   of imagery. ``Meager soil.'' --Dryden.

         Of secular habits and meager religious belief. --I.
                                               Taylor.

         His education had been but meager.    --Motley.

3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

Syn: Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor;
     emaciated; scanty; barren.


\Mea"ger\, Meagre \Mea"gre\, v. t.
To make lean. [Obs.]

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