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Meagre Meager Mea‧Gre British English, Meager American English /ˈmiːɡə $  ər/ Adjective Amount Food Money

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a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need → substantial:
a meagre diet of bread and beans

meagre income/earnings/wages etcHe supplements his meager income by working on Saturdays.a school with meagre resources

—meagrely adverb—meagreness noun [uncountable]

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