meagerness
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈmiɡərnəs/
- US
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- The teacher commented on the students' meagerness in participation during the discussion.
It's as though we only work in these families if we remain empty and that and the emptiness is all that's projected at you, that meagerness, right?
- It's as though we only work in these families if we remain empty and that and the emptiness is all that's projected at you, that meagerness, right?
Examples
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"He glanced around at my stuff, sighing ever so minutely at the meagerness of my one and only Emmy, which, when I followed his gaze, I noticed really needed dusting.
Fiction book (1995) -
The meagerness of the funds allotted for the ReadyReturn program reflects the strength of its political opponents, Mr. Chiang said.
Blog text (32) -
All I want to say is that life is often deemed meaningless and the meagerness of human life.
Blog text (1) -
When their attention was drawn to some of these concerns, they blamed the district agencies for the meagerness of the outlays.
Academic text (1998) -
From the recognition of chaos and richness, I have to come back to face the meagerness of a translation, and this is what I have before me now:
Academic text (2006) -
The Zinnias were a golden couple, astonishingly successful given the meagerness of their talents and the tedium of their lives.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Burning thirst" and "meagerness" are in Arabic ghalil and qalil.
Academic text (1997) -
And you'd, if you went below a certain rating, then you were unemployable and, you know, basically had to live on just the meagerness of substance of limiting.
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All the meannesses, the meagernesses, the pinched, small avoidances I had thought swept behind me here recollect.
Fiction book (1995) -
Despite the meagerness of their resources, the team managed to complete the project on time.
Synonyms
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3.2
A lack of enough of something that is needed
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8.6
A small amount of something that is not enough
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1.6
The state of being not large in size or amount
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6.8
A small number or amount that is spread out
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7.2
A small amount of something that people need
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8.1
A bare, simple style with very few details
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7.6
A small number or amount spread far apart
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4.3
Not being full or dense, like a small crowd and a small number of hairs
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4.4
A small amount of something that is not enough
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5.3
A state of having low quality or too little of something
A very small amount of something that is not enough
A very small amount that is not enough
A small amount of something that is not enough
A small amount of something that is not enough
A small number of people or things
A very small amount that is not enough
Clothes that are very small and show a lot of skin
A small amount or weak level of something
Antonyms
How Meager
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word meagerness comes from meager, an old word that meant 'thin' or 'lean'. So imagine something thin or very small to remember that meagerness means 'a very small amount' or not enough of something.