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meagerness

/ˈmiɡɝnəs/ noun

The state of being meager.

Word Origin Same root as meagerly, the noun form. From Latin macer 'thin, lean'. Meagerness is the quality of being scanty or thin. The root also gives us emaciate (to make thin) and meager. The morpheme breakdown meager+ness.

noun The state of being meager. countable

The meagerness of their resources made survival difficult.

(名词) 贫乏；不足；匮乏 【贫乏状态】

他们资源的匮乏使得生存变得困难。

(sustantivo) escasez; pobreza; insuficiencia; mediocridad; miseria [El estado de ser escaso.]

La escasez de sus recursos hizo que la supervivencia fuera difícil.

(nom) maigreur; insuffisance; pauvreté; médiocrité; parcimonie [Caractère de ce qui est maigre, insuffisant ou peu abondant.]

La maigreur de leurs ressources rendait la survie difficile.

(Substantiv) Kärglichkeit; Dürftigkeit; Spärlichkeit [der Zustand der Kargheit oder Unzulänglichkeit; das Fehlen von ausreichenden Mitteln oder Qualitäten.]

Die **meagerness** ihrer Ressourcen machte das Überleben schwer.

(名詞) 乏しい状態；不十分な状態

彼らの資源の乏しさは、生存を困難にした。

(substantivo) escassez; pobreza; insuficiência [O estado de ser escasso.]

A escassez de recursos deles tornou a sobrevivência difícil.

Synonyms: scantiness sparseness paucity insufficiency inadequacy poverty Antonyms: abundance plenty copiousness richness
Word parts: meager + ness

Related words

meagerly emaciate emaciation

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