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    exiguous
    /ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs/

    adjective

    • 1. very small in size or amount: formal "my exiguous musical resources"

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  2. Exiguous means very small in size or amount, and is a formal adjective. Learn how to use it in sentences, and find synonyms and antonyms in the Cambridge Thesaurus.

  3. Exiguous means excessively scanty or inadequate, derived from the Latin verb exigere meaning "to weigh or measure". See synonyms, examples, word history and podcast entries of exiguous.

  4. Exiguous definition: scanty; meager; small; slender. See examples of EXIGUOUS used in a sentence.

  5. Exiguous means very small in size or amount. Learn how to use this formal adjective with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

  6. Exiguous is one of those words that comes in handy when you're really trying to draw attention to the fact that there's very little of something. Otherwise you could just say "tiny," "small," "niggling," or even "scanty."

  7. Exiguous means scanty or slender; meagre. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, find synonyms and word origin, and compare with related words like exigent and exilarch.

  8. Exiguous means very small in size or amount; hardly enough. Learn how to use this formal adjective with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.