meagerness
State of lacking
Meagerness is the quality of being meager—thin, scanty, or deficient.
It describes inadequacy in quantity or substance: the meagerness of the harvest, the meagerness of his salary.
The word often implies disappointment at how little there is compared to what was expected or needed.
Acute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- deficiencyLack of something needed
inadequacy · lack · want · privation · sparseness · exiguity · shortfall · deficit
Contemptibly meager
- scantyInsufficient in amount
- slightMinor or thin
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- pitifulArousing sorrowful contempt
negligible · trifling · piddling · measly · skimpy · nominal · token · miserly
Rigorously simple, unadorned
- starkSevere and unadorned
- bareLacking any covering
- plainBasic and unremarkable
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
frugal · simple · unadorned · minimal · monastic · severe · bleak · abstemious
Extreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- needinessExcessive emotional reliance
privation · hardship · want · pauperism · subsistence · deprivation · poorness · pennilessness
dearth
Acute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
deficiency · inadequacy · lack · want · privation · sparseness · exiguity · shortfall · deficit · depletion
paltry
Contemptibly meager
- scantyInsufficient in amount
- slightMinor or thin
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
pitiful · negligible · trifling · piddling · measly · skimpy · nominal · token · miserly · stingy
spartan
Rigorously simple, unadorned
ascetic · frugal · simple · unadorned · minimal · monastic · severe · bleak · abstemious · puritanical
penury
Extreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
neediness · privation · hardship · want · pauperism · subsistence · deprivation · poorness · pennilessness · beggary
meagernessabundance
Ample supply, overflowing
plenty · copiousness · profusion · plentifulness · bountifulness
meagernessrichness
State of abundance
fullness · sumptuousness · lushness · luxuriousness · robustness
meagernesswealth
Abundance of valuable resources
wealthiness · affluence · prosperity · opulence · richness