transcription, транскрипция: [ adjective ]
or mea·gre ˈmē-gər
Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo-French megre, meigre, from Latin macr-, macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long
Date: 14th century
1. : having little flesh : thin
2.
a. : lacking desirable qualities (as richness or strength)
leading a meager life
b. : deficient in quality or quantity
a meager diet
• mea·ger·ly adverb
• mea·ger·ness noun
Synonyms:
meager , scanty , scant , skimpy , spare , sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency
a meager portion of meat
scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent
supplies too scanty to last the winter
scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential
in January the daylight hours are scant
skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency
tacky housing developments on skimpy lots
spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity
a spare, concise style of writing
sparse implies a thin scattering of units
a sparse population