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skimpy

/ˈskɪmpi/ adjetivo C2

En español: escaso, diminuto, revelador

  1. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive. · They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
  2. Very small, light, or revealing. · Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
  3. Wearing skimpy clothing; scantily clad.

Comparativo skimpier · Superlativo skimpiest

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They’re fearfully skimpy.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 34 · C1
There is never enough to go around in an asylum, so things are always skimpy--at least in a poor asylum like ours.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 34 · C1
I hate skimpy night-dresses.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 34 · C1
With a sob she hastily discarded her garments, put on the skimpy nightgown and sprang into bed where she burrowed face downward into the pillow and pulled the clothes over her head.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 35 · C1

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