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meager ADJ Am, meagre [ˈmiːgər, Brit -əʳ] ADJ Brit

meager

escasso(-a)

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Through knowledge of their environment hunter-gatherers are able to change what foreigners may deem as meager and unreliable natural resources into rich subsistence resources. en.wikipedia.org

He mentioned that despite their meager circumstances, they always made him feel secure. en.wikipedia.org

They came back without food and were willing enough to take the meager rations offered them. en.wikipedia.org

He would start in 12th and finish in 16th; collecting a meager $110 in the process ($ when adjusted for inflation). en.wikipedia.org

This proved impossible, as their meager provisions were running out, and they decided to return to shore and take their chances with the local tribes. en.wikipedia.org

In the final years of her life she lived under meager conditions. en.wikipedia.org

This salary was not enough, considering that their schedule only lasts for 5 to 6 months, leaving their annual salary at a meager $15,000-$20,000. en.wikipedia.org

There was nothing stopping a litterator from setting up his own school, aside from his meager wages. en.wikipedia.org

He pitched only 16 games during the 1913 season, and a meager 13 games over the next three years. en.wikipedia.org

With meager food amounts and no medicine, he succumbed to the diseases that plagued him. en.wikipedia.org

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