MEAGRE

US usually meager [adjective] - very small in amount or number; only just as much or not as much as is needed or thought to be suitableHe had to use his own meagre earnings to continue his research and often found himself in extreme poverty.Stealing of the soldiers' meagre rations by officers was common.When pressed, he contributed a meagre £5.The crowd should be larger than the meagre 13 000 who watched the last match.