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The quality of being meager
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meagerness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US English) The state of being meager.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also meagreness , early 15c., from meager + -ness .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: meagreness , poorness , scantiness , scantness , exiguity ]
Usage examples of meagerness.
But I couldn't manage to extend the seeming meagerness of the crime to my own blind involvement.
She made all the proper noises, only chiding me mildly for the meagerness of my wardrobe.
I thought Marguerite could not fail to see the meagerness of Leeson's inner life, and I was wrong again.
Finnegan apologized for the meagerness of the pay: little more than the traditional all-you-can-drink and hat privileges.
Kennedy apologized once more for the meagerness of their welcome and prepared to lock them in.
His face was likewise unobtrusive, which was surprising when you considered how narrowly it missed handsomeness through the least meagerness of mouth ?
His face was likewise unobtrusive, which was surprising when you considered how narrowly it missed handsomeness through the least meagerness of mouth — a mark of the too cautious man.