meager

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈmiɡɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈmiːɡə/

Adjective

meager (comparative meagerer, superlative meagerest) (American spelling)

1. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
2. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

   Synonyms: paltry, scanty, inadequate, measly

   A meager piece of cake in one bite.

3. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
4. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Translations

• French: maigre
• German: mager
• Italian: magro
• Portuguese: magro
• Russian: худо́й

Translations

• French: maigre, pauvre
• German: mager
• Portuguese: pobre
• Russian: ску́дный
• Spanish: pobre, escaso, escasa, deficiente

Verb

meager (meagers, present participle meagering; past and past participle meagered)

1. (American spelling, transitive) To make lean.

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