skimpy
5
5.3
- adjective
- /ˈskɪm.pi/
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escaso
- Many employees were disappointed to find that the bonuses were skimpy this year compared to last.
But the US law is very skimpy on affirmative rights that poor people could seek to enforce.
- But the US law is very skimpy on affirmative rights that poor people could seek to enforce.
- I had a, a weak little skimpy blonde mustache hit me right here and knocked my head back and stuck in, But I ran out of energy.
Examples
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From her point of view, two good books were a skimpy legacy.
Fiction book (1998) -
The existing information and what you self discover may at first seem skimpy and difficult to connect to other bodies of knowledge.
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Even the best newspapers have skimpy reports of all but a few international events.
Academic text (1999) -
" Supper was a skimpy meal."
Fiction book (1991) -
And a lot of times in the dry season, you get really, really skimpy food, and there wasn't that much to eat.
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What was available was a skimpy collection of newspaper and magazine articles in English, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Japanese.
Fiction book (2001) -
But the US law is very skimpy on affirmative rights that poor people could seek to enforce.
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In contrast, China's new tax statutes and regulations are both skimpy and inflexible.
Academic text (2000) -
The establishment was skimpy on charm, but the food was reasonably priced and its Szechuan dishes were my particular favorites.
Fiction book (1990) -
Even the eel, when I looked at it later, was skimpy and half dried out, a pitiful item, more like kippered eel.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not having enough of what is needed
122
3.5
Only just enough, with no extra things
118
4.4
Not enough or not good enough to do what is needed
108
2.5
Thin with little extra fat or money
86
3.6
Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need
56
3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
48
4.8
Too small in amount or quality to be enough
35
4.3
Not having enough of something needed
30
5.5
A small amount that is barely enough
29
6.3
Too small to be useful
22
7.1
Very small and not important, not worth paying attention to
12
3.9
Simple and plain with very little extra
4
4.4
Small in amount and not enough for what you need
2
6.6
A small amount or number that is barely enough
Too small to be enough
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word skimpy comes from the idea of skim, which means 'to take only the top' or a very small part of something. So if an explanation or a meal is skimpy, it gives only a small amount and is not enough.