Meagerness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The condition or quality of being meager; leanness; poorness; scantiness; barrenness.
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  • noun. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.
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  • noun. The state of being meager.
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  • noun. the quality of being meager
    • Word Usage
    "And another thing they learned was that it was easier for one who has gorged at the flesh-pots to content himself with the meagerness of a crust, than for one who has known only the crust."
    Equivalent
    meagreness  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deficiency  inadequacy  insufficiency  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    abstemiousness  spareness  sparseness  sparsity  thinness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abjectness  avariciousness  banality  carisak  churlishness  
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