OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 32200

meagre

/ˈmiːɡɚ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enjuto • escuálido
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
[…]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
exiguo
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
He was given a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.