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meager
adjective as in small, inadequate; poor
Strong match
Example Sentences
USC opened the game one for seven from the field, with its offense looking out of sorts, and scored a meager 10 points in the first 10 minutes.
“Selfish. Standing by and focusing on their meager little lives while my mother’s livelihood was destroyed.”
Penelope was sorry about it, but only because it meant her own meager salary nearly always went unpaid.
"Bread is very expensive, sugar is expensive, tea is expensive, fruit is expensive. So we have to vote for her!" said 76-year-old Mireya Ortiz, who cleans offices to supplement her meager pension.
Martin, a complete amateur who got her start collecting meager prizes in local Toughwoman contests, swung through gender barriers and crowds of deniers to prove her worth as a boxer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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