Meager
Crossword Clue and Answers
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Publications
- The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 10 Jun 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 9 Aug 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 2 Aug 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 15 Mar 2020
- The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 21 Jul 2019
- The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 19 Apr 2019
Crossword Answers
4 letters
SLIM
Take off weight
LEAN
The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
PUNY
(used especially of persons) of inferior size
MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"
5 letters
SCANT
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
6 letters
PALTRY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
SKIMPY
Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
SCANTY
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
SPARSE
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
MEAGRE
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
7 letters
SCRIMPY
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
8 letters
EXIGUOUS
Extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"
PIDDLING
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
MEAGERLY
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
10 letters
INADEQUATE
Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
13 letters
UNSUBSTANTIAL
Lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"