noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of being scanty. uncountable
2. 2
   the quality of being meager wordnet
3. 3
   The result or product of being scanty. countable
4. 4
   Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

meagernessmeagernessabsenceausteritychinchinesschintziness

Etymology

From scanty + -ness.

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