Definition of meager Meager
/miˈgɚ/ - [meeger] - mea•ger
We found 8 definitions of meager from 5 different sources.
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British English
meagre - /mˈiːɡɐ/
American English
meager - /miˈgɚ/
What does meager mean?
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Adjectivemeager, meagerer, meagerest |
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| meager - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" | ||
| meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | ||
| ample affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" | ||
| insufficient, deficient of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" | ||
| minimal, minimum the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a minimal charge for the service" | ||
| scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" | ||
| adequacy, sufficiency the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" | ||
| scanty, spare, bare thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise" | ||
| exiguous extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget" | ||
| hand-to-mouth providing only bare essentials; "a hand-to-mouth existence" | ||
| hardscrabble barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- meager (Verb)
To make lean. - meager (Adjective)
Having little flesh; lean; thin. - meager (Adjective)
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- meager (a.)
Alt. of Meagre - meager (v. t.)
Alt. of Meagre
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meager
Scarce, little, or insufficient about food and other supplies.
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