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    meagreness
    /ˈmiːɡənəs/

    noun

    • 1. lack of quantity or quality; inadequacy: "job satisfaction eclipses the meagreness of income"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMEAGRE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Meagre means very small or not enough in amount or number. It is the UK spelling of meager. See synonyms, related words and phrases, and examples of meagre in sentences.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › meagrenessMeagreness - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    noun. the quality of being meager. synonyms: exiguity, leanness, meagerness, poorness, scantiness, scantness. see more. meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food) restricted to bare necessities. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMEAGER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    very small in amount or number; only as much or not as much as is needed or thought to be suitable: The food at my grandmother's house was meager and barely edible. (Definition of meager from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of meager. meager.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › meagernessMeagerness Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : having little flesh : thin. meager were his looks, sharp misery had worn him to the bones William Shakespeare. 2. a. : lacking desirable qualities (such as richness or strength) leading a meager life. b. : deficient in quality or quantity. a meager diet. meagerly adverb. meagerness noun. Synonyms. exiguous. hand-to-mouth. light. niggardly.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › meagrenessMeagreness - definition of meagreness by The Free Dictionary

    Meagreness is the quality of being meager, poor, or not enough. Find synonyms, pronunciation, and translations of meagreness in different languages, such as Spanish, German, and Arabic.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › meagreMEAGRE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    meager. Meagre definition: deficient in amount, quality, or extent. See examples of MEAGRE used in a sentence.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishmeagre adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of meagre adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.