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adjective
1.
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
2.
having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger.
3.
Also, especially British, mea·gre.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English megre < Old French maigre < Latin macer lean
1300–50; Middle English megre < Old French maigre < Latin macer lean
Related forms
mea·ger·ly, adverb
mea·ger·ness, noun
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Meager
is always a great word to know.
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Example Sentences
- Both books have done alright, but my royalties are meager.
- Instead, I continued to shell out my meager disposable income on hardbacks.
- It's tough work for an often meager reward.
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Word Origin & History
meager
c.1300, "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from O.Fr. megre, maigre, from L. macrum (nom. macer) "lean, thin," from PIE *makro- (see macro-). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from 1501.
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