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meager ['miːgə(r)] aggettivo [income, meal] magro, scarso; [ sum] insufficiente; [ living] misero, gramo; [response, returns] scarso* * *['mi:ɡə](poor or not enough: meagre earnings.) misero- meagrely- meagreness* * *meagre (1), ( USA) meager /ˈmi:gə(r)/a.2 scarso; magro; insufficiente; povero; misero: a meagre meal, un magro desinare; meagre resources, scarse risorse; a meagre salary, uno stipendio insufficientemeagrely avv. meagreness n. [u]. meagre (2) /ˈmi:gə(r)/► maigre.* * *
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