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My meager credentials didn't impress the people in personnel.
The grazing is meager here, so limit the number of your livestock.
The food rations were meager for the soldiers in Okinawa.
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He cooked using a meager amount of spice.
The meager supply of food would not last through the winter.
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A body meager with hunger will result from a meager diet.
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The word "meager" is an adjective, used to describe something that is lacking in quantity or quality, often in a negative sense.
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The name Meager Mountain was adopted on May 6, 1924 as labelled on a 1923 British Columbia map. In 1966, the volcano was renamed to Mount Meager. According to a BC Geographical Names letter written in March 1983, "the local name, Cathedral, was duplicated elsewhere, so the mountain was renamed Meager after the creek of that name which lies to the south of it". Meager Creek is in turn named after J.B. Meager, who was an owner of timber licences on the creek.
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Small in quality or quantity; very thin.
Some Example Sentences:
- Due to budget cuts, the dinners we will be serving at the shelter will be very meager, just bread and watery soup.
- Teachers frequently complain about the meagercompensation they receive for putting in hours of hard labor.
- I am not a fan of using too much butter because it is so unhealthy, so I only used a meager amount.
- The poor man could only afford a meager amount of food and did not want to accept charity.
- We were served a meager portion of mash potatoes.
- His meager appearance made us think that something was wrong with him.
- The family was faced with a meager supply of food after the Katrina disaster.
- After all the hard work that we did, they offered to pay us a meager amount of money.
- The dinner was so meager, that some people didn't get to eat.
- The meek and meager shall inherit the Earth.
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The word meager (UK spelling meagre) is an adjective meaning "deficient in quality".
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Although there was plenty of food on the table, each plate seemed meager
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In equipment engineering, its meager test is electrical insulation test. Its testing the grounding of an equipment.
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No, "meager" and "ample" are not homophones. They are pronounced differently and have different meanings. "Meager" means lacking in quantity or quality, while "ample" means enough or more than enough.
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I used the definition part of the dictionary entry to find the meaning of "meager."
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Because Joe had a meager amount of turkey left, he went to the store to buy more.
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The alternate spelling of the word meager is meagre. This is a less common spelling and is often thought of as an inappropriate alternate.
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Meagre can be defined as lacking in quantity. That is how you use it.
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Small in quality or quantity; very thin.
Some example sentences:
- Due to budget cuts, the dinners we will be serving at the shelter will be very meager, just bread and watery soup.
- Teachers frequently complain about the meagercompensation they receive for putting in hours of hard labor.
- I am not a fan of using too much butter because it is so unhealthy, so I only used a meager amount.
- The poor man could only afford a meager amount of food and did not want to accept charity.
- We were served a meager portion of mash potatoes.
- His meager appearance made us think that something was wrong with him.
- The family was faced with a meager supply of food after the Katrina disaster.
- After all the hard work that we did, they offered to pay us a meager amount of money.
- The dinner was so meager, that some people didn't get to eat.
- The meek and meager shall inherit the Earth.
Some synonyms:
- Bare
- Bleak
- Feeble
- Frugal
- Inadequate
- Insignificant
- Little
- Low
- Mere
- Minimum
- Poor
- Scant
- Scanty
- Scarce
- Short
- Slender
- Slight
- Slim
- Small
- Sparse
- Stingy
- Tenuous
Some antonyms:
- Abundant
- Ample
- Big
- Bountiful
- Copious
- Enough
- Fat
- Full
- Generous
- Handsome
- Large
- Lavish
- Liberal
- Plentiful
- Plenty
- Profuse
- Rich
- Significant
- Substantial
- Sufficient
- Wealthy
- Wide
Origin of MEAGER:
Middle English megre, from Anglo-French megre, meigre, from Latin macr-, macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long First Known Use: 14th century
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Meager is an adjective meaning low in amount, strength, or value; poor; very little.
Small in quality or quantity; very thin.
Therefore....
Some antonyms for meager:- Abundant
- Ample
- Big
- Bountiful
- Copious
- Enough
- Fat
- Full
- Generous
- Handsome
- Large
- Lavish
- Liberal
- Plentiful
- Plenty
- Profuse
- Rich
- Significant
- Substantial
- Sufficient
- Wealthy
- Wide
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Tenement has the short E sound (but only for the first E, as the others are not stressed).
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An antonym (the opposite) of "meager" could be "generous." This would not be the kind of generous meaning "charitable" or "giving freely" but the kind that means "a large amount." Example: "For lunch, the man had only a meager portion and so he was very hungry. When dinner came, he helped himself to a generous amount to make up for it."
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It sounds as though it makes sense, however the words are not really compatible. Meager refers to a thin or emaciated person or animal. Tirade can mean a long and vehement speech or a prolonged bitter outburst. The word tirade explains the situation in its own right and thus can not, and should not, be downgraded by using meager
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to enable muslims to scratch out meager livelihood
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Making ends meet with meager means, Every day a struggle it seems. A modest life, but hearts still gleam, Grateful for each small beam.
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Failure to follow published laws and regulations.
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Cartridge has only a silent E (car-trij). Both meager and mediocre have long E sounds, and in fact mediocre has two (mee-dee-oh-cur).
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