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skimpier

skimpier is the comparative form of skimpy.

Meaning of skimpy

Adjective

skimpy (comparative skimpier, superlative skimpiest)

  1. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
    • They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
  2. Very small, light, or revealing.
    • Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
  3. Wearing skimpy clothing; scantily clad.

See all 4 meanings of skimpy

Questions about skimpier

What is skimpier the comparative form of?
Skimpier is the comparative form of skimpy.

Words near skimpier in the dictionary

  1. skimp and save
  2. skimped
  3. skimper
  4. skimpers
  5. skimpflation
  6. skimpier
  7. skimpies
  8. skimpiest
  9. skimpily
  10. skimpiness
  11. skimping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skimpier (page history and authors); skimpy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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