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meager

/ˈmiːɡə/
verb
  1. To make lean.

adjective
  1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.

  2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

    "A meager piece of cake in one bite."

    Similar: inadequate, measly, paltry, scanty

  3. Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

Synonymsinadequate, measly, paltry, scanty

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