meager
/ˈmiɡɚ/ adjective C2- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent · A meager piece of cake in one bite.· The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.
- Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
Comparative meagerer · Superlative meagerest
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They packed their meager remaining possessions into heavily overloaded automobiles and initiated an arduous migration westward toward the promise of California.
Moreover, her capacity to identify edible and medicinal indigenous vegetation supplemented the meager rations of the crew, sustaining their physical fortitude during times of scarcity.
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