1 very small in amount or number; only as much or not as much as is needed or thought to be suitable: --
The resources available for education were meager, and it was consensually agreed that almost no school could be properly housed or staffed.
Confronted with situations in which most people would think long and hard, their reflection is meager.
Its results were based on very meager data and are unreliable.
Two years later, another levy was imposed, with even more meager results.
It is an admirable call for more and better research, rather than a defining summary in a field where substantial evidence remains meager.
However, as we argue below, its evidentiary bases are still meager.
Parents, peers, and others express and exhibit norms, practices, and skills against a backdrop of material resources that may be plentiful, sufficient, meager, or unstable.
However, the information provided to adoption agencies and prospective parents is often meager, confusing, or inaccurate.
