meager
adjective
1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare
Similar word(s): scarce, bare, scanty, spare, exiguous, hardscrabble, measly, miserable, paltry, minimal, minimum, deficient, insufficient, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy
Sentences with meager as an adjective:
- A meager piece of cake in one bite.
verb
1. (transitive) To make lean.