Meagre - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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

adjective

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

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.

He supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.

The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations).

Companies are put off investing in poor areas because of the meagre pickings to be had.

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