[американский вариант английского языка]; смотри значение meagre
скудный, тощий
or meagre adjective Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo-French megre, meigre, from Latin macr-, macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long 1. having little flesh; thin 2. a. lacking desirable qualities (as richness or strength) Example: leading a meager life b. deficient in quality or quantity Example: a meager diet • meagerly adverb • meagerness noun Synonyms: meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency Example: a meager portion of meat. scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or extent Example: supplies too scanty to last the winter. scant suggests a falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential Example: in January the daylight hours are scant. skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency Example: tacky housing developments on skimpy lots. spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy or merely an absence of superfluity Example: a spare, concise style of writing. sparse implies a thin scattering of units Example: a sparse population.