Meagre
Crossword Clue and Answers
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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.
We classify Meagre to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 18 times in a variety of crossword publications.
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Publications
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Monday, 15 Nov 2021
- Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Friday, 2 Jul 2021
- Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021
- Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 7 Nov 2020
- The Sun Cryptic - Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 29 Aug 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Friday, 7 Aug 2020
- Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020
Crossword Answers
4 letters
THIN
Take off weight
POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"
5 letters
SCANT
Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
6 letters
SKIMPY
Containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
MEAGER
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
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"
FRUGAL
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
SCANTY
Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
SPARSE
Not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"
MEASLY
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"
STINGY
Unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
SCARCE
Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
SLIGHT
7 letters
SCRIMPY
Deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
8 letters
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"
12 letters
INSUFFICIENT
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
13 letters
INSUBSTANTIAL
Lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very poor"