meagre
adjective/ˈmiːɡə(r)/
/ˈmiːɡər/
(US English meager)
- small in quantity and poor in quality synonym paltry
- a meagre diet of bread and water
- She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMeagre/meager is used with these nouns:- allowance
- belongings
- earnings
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lean’): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.
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