meagre

Other forms: meagrest

Definitions of meagre

1. adjective

   deficient in amount or quality or extent
   synonyms: meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy

   scarce

   deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

   bare, scanty, spare

   lacking in amplitude or quantity

   exiguous

   extremely scanty

   hand-to-mouth

   providing only bare essentials

   hardscrabble

   barely satisfying a lower standard

   measly, miserable, paltry

   contemptibly small in amount

   minimal, minimum

   the least possible

   deficient, insufficient

   of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement