Meagre Definition & Meaning

extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"

at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" of questionable or minimal quality

deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

to a meager degree or in a meager manner; "these voices are meagerly represented at the conference

contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage

very unhappy; full of misery; "he felt depressed and miserable"; "a message of hope for suffering humanity

not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts

lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest

thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner