meager
Example Sentences
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For an overhead press with meager 6-pound dumbbells: “You did a lot of reps. Do you want to increase your weight?”
In this high-risk area, many residents were covered by the state's insurer of last resort, and their compensation is too meager to rebuild homes that often cost more than a million dollars.
From Barron's
An opportunity arises to boost his meager finances when he acts as a guide to a group of English-speaking tourists who are keen to see the “seamy side” of the city.
Her father was the rector of two parishes and ran a small boys’ school to supplement the family’s meager income.
From Los Angeles Times
Now firms are reluctant to accept meager returns—and lower performance-based compensation for employees—on companies they bought at generous valuations during the boom times.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
