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Meagreness (Noun)

Meaning

The quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The meagreness of the food supplies was evident in the scrawny appearance of the travelers.
  • The charity struggled to make ends meet due to the meagreness of donations.
  • Despite the meagreness of the budget, the artist managed to create a stunning exhibition.
  • The meagreness of the landscape was a testament to the harsh conditions of the desert.
  • The writer's prose was criticized for its meagreness, lacking the depth and complexity expected of literary fiction.

Synonyms

  • Scantness
  • Leanness
  • Exiguity
  • Meagerness
  • Poorness
  • Scantiness

Hypernyms

  • Insufficiency
  • Deficiency

Hyponyms

  • Sparseness
  • Abstemiousness
  • Thinness
  • Sparsity
  • Wateriness

Related Words

  • Meagre (adjective)
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