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Meagre

Meagre Meaning & Definition
Meagre Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Meagre?

[adj] deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Meagre: bare(a) | exiguous | hand-to-mouth(a) | hardscrabble | marginal | meager | meagerly | measly | miserable | paltry | scanty | spare

Related Terms | Find terms related to Meagre: bare | barren | bony | broad | deficient | emaciated | exiguous | gaunt | general | half-starved | inadequate | indefinite | infertile | insufficient | lean | loose | measly | paltry | pathetic | piddling | plain | poor | puny | scant | scanty | scrawny | scrimpy | simple | simplified | skimpy | skinny | spare | sparse | starving | thin | trifling | unadorned | underfed | undernourished | unelaborate | unembellished | unfruitful | unproductive | vague

See Also | deficient | insufficient | scarce

Meagre In Webster's Dictionary

\Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European sci[ae]noid fish ({Sci[ae]na umbra} or {S. aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also {maigre}.]

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