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meagre, meager AM [ˈmi:gəʳ, Am -ɚ] ADJ

meagre food, diet, income

meagre person

chudy

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At the 1951 general election, he received a meagre 458 votes (1.9%) and lost his seat. en.wikipedia.org

Paisley attended a local school until he was thirteen and, like his friends there, had to rely on soup kitchens to supplement a meagre diet. en.wikipedia.org

Most of the 15,000 inhabitants earned meagre incomes as mining workers and rubber tappers. en.wikipedia.org

He lived lifelong on a meagre income but spent most of it in serving poor, his guests and monks and ascetics. en.wikipedia.org

However, all this were still meagre, with respect to the desire and need of the farmers. en.wikipedia.org

In the waning days of her life, she was completely dependent on the service of the attendants for a meagre meal and glass of water. en.wikipedia.org

Today, only the house's cellars and drains survive, along with some meagre sections of its masonry walls. en.wikipedia.org

There were very few crimes or litigations hence revenues from the judiciary sector were meagre. en.wikipedia.org

They refuse social security protection to millions and allow only meagre benefits to the rest. en.wikipedia.org

The instrumentation was relocated to the head lamp, and the petrol capacity was increased from a meagre 1.25to 1.62. en.wikipedia.org

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