meager
mea.ger or mea.gre \'me--g*r\ aj [ME megre, fr. MF maigre, fr. L macr-,
macer lean; akin] to OE mger lean, Gk makros long 1: having little
flesh : THIN 2: lacking richness, strength, or comparable qualities :
MEAGER implies lack of fullness, richness, or plenty; SCANTY implies
insufficiency in quantity, degree, or extent; SCANT suggests a deficiency
in amount or quanity of something desired or desirable often in consequence
of deliberate withholding; EXIGUOUS implies a marked deficiency in number
or measure; SPARE may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely
an absence of superfluity; SPARSE implies a thin scattering of units esp.
where density or plenty is desirable - mea.ger.ly av SYN syn SCANTY, SCANT,
EXIGUOUS, SPARE, SPARSE