meagerer

Adjective

meager (comparative meagerer, superlative meagerest)

1. (Canada, US, common) Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. (Canada, US, common) Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
   • A meager piece of cake in one bite.

   Synonyms:

   paltry, scanty, inadequate, measly, miserly, exiguous, Lenten

3. (Canada, US, common) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

   Antonyms:

   dense

4. (Canada, US, common) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

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