Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample.

deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"

Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.

To make lean.

A large European sciænoid fish (Sciæna umbra or Sciæna aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.

If is a space and is a subset of , then is meagre in (or of first category in ) if it is the countable union of nowhere dense sets. If is not meagre in , is sometimes said to be of second category in .

Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.

less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply.