Meager - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmiːɡər|  American pronunciation of the word meager
Brit.  |ˈmiːɡə|  British pronunciation of the word meager

adjective

- deficient in amount or quality or extent (syn: meagre, scrimpy, stingy)
meager resources
meager fare

Extra examples

Every morning he eats a meager breakfast of toast and coffee.

We'll have to do the best we can with this year's meager harvest.

She came to this country with a fairly meager English vocabulary, but she is learning more words every day.

They suffered through several meager years at the beginning of their marriage.

Although she's now rich and famous, she remembers her meager beginnings as a child from a poor family.

...practicing its customary providence, the snowbound family was able to make the meager stores last until help arrived...

He had to abstract his meager living from the alms he begged.

He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.

Vitamins supplemented his meager diet

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