exiguous

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The result of the court’s linguistic analysis is an exiguous textual opinion based on parsing dictionaries instead of a functional understanding even minimally consistent with basic science.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2023

As for "lasting" effects on economic growth, the average growth of GDP since 2005 has been an exiguous 0.6%.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

Expectorating on an enemy's final resting place is exactly the kind of exiguous act of vengeance that a contemporary injured party might just be able to manage.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2011

Only an exiguous 2.5% of all Boy Scouts become Eagles, and the number of Scouts as a whole has dwindled.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the fuel wherewith to cook the exiguous supplies of this uncertain food, the family is wholly dependent upon what the children can scratch together.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.