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| mea·ger [ mgər ] or mea·gre [ mgər ] |
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1. unsatisfactorily small: unsatisfactory in quantity, substance, or size
  a company that is notorious for paying meager salaries
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2. of bad quality: bad and unsatisfying in quality, strength, or effectiveness
The street outside my window furnished meager entertainment.
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3. thin: very thin, especially through malnutrition or illness
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman megre, French maigre "lean, thin" < Latin macr-] |
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| mea·ger·ly adverb |
| mea·ger·ness noun |
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