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Meagre

Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Bare 84% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Exiguous 84% connected

Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

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Exiguous 84% connected

Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.

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Measly 84% connected

Infected with measles.

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Measly 84% connected

Infected with measles.

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Miserable 84% connected

Very unhappy; wretched.

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Miserable 84% connected

Very unhappy; wretched.

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Paltry 84% connected

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

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Paltry 84% connected

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold.

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Scanty 84% connected

Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

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Scanty 84% connected

Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

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Spare 84% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Spare 84% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Adequacy 66% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

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Adequacy 66% connected

The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expen…

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Sufficiency 66% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

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Sufficiency 66% connected

The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.

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Deficient 66% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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Deficient 66% connected

Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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Insufficient 66% connected

Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

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Insufficient 66% connected

Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality.

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Minimum 66% connected

The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

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Minimum 66% connected

The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

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Scarce 66% connected

Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

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Scarce 66% connected

Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

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Meager 92% connected

Alt. of Meagre

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Meagerly 92% connected

Alt. of Meagrely

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Stingy 92% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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