meagre

• Its sense of structure was meagre, and the piece was essentially all over long before it actually finished, says national centre for social research. london (ec1v). £22,000 - £32,000 (depending on seniority and experience). —  The Guardian World News
• Out of curiousity, how meagre was the compensation you asked for?
• Should the defendant decide to be wicked he or she can then pay the fine which is meagre, and pay $195.00 per day to have the complainant continue suffering. —  Stabroek News
• So much the better if you don't appeal to them--meagre, timid, inadequate, respectable--a generation of fashion-plates with a sixpenny book of etiquette, moral and social, stuck inside them to serve for a soul Helen's voice broke in a little spasm of laughter, and her hands began, unconsciously, to open and close, open and close, weaving in soft, outer darkness We may leave them out of the argument.--But there remain the elect, Richard, among whom I dare count myself. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• Indeed so meagre was his fare, mainly crackers and tea, that he bought provisions at night in order to keep his friends from finding out how great his need was Illustration: Modern Telegraph Office During this time of hardship all that kept starvation from his door was lessons in painting to a few pupils. —  Stories of Later American History

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