meager

/ˈmiɡɝ/

lacking in quantity or quality; inadequate

meager in a sentence

“The meager portions left everyone hungry.”

Old French megre, from Latin macer lean, thin

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sparse

thinly dispersed or scattered; scanty

infinitesimal

extremely small

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many and of various types

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dearth

a scarcity or lack of something

modicum

a small quantity of something