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Not enough in amount or extent

Thin or emaciated

Of small width in relation to length

Elementary, simple or merely functional

Simple and plain and costing little

Not up to the required standard or quality

Not thorough or detailed

Emphasizing insignificance

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Adjective

Not enough in amount or extent

inconsequential

in short supply

thin on the ground

nickel-and-dime

few and far between

hard to come by

not worth mentioning

of no importance

of no consequence

not worth bothering about

too little too late

not to be had for love nor money

barely sufficient

thinly distributed

seldom met with

of little account

on the small side

twopenny-halfpenny

unconsequential

coming up short

scarcer than hen's teeth

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

in the minority

out of the ordinary

smallest amount of

of minor importance

of little consequence

of little importance

not worth speaking of

of little import

not up to scratch

not cut out for

leaving much to be desired

undistinguished

neither here nor there

run-of-the-mill

no great shakes

indistinguishable

beside the point

middle-of-the-road

good-for-nothing

of no great concern

nothing special

nothing to write home about

without rhyme or reason

run-of-the-mine

counterproductive

fair-to-middling

common or garden

dissatisfactory

not to the point

fair to middling

off the subject

barely perceptible

of no significance

hardly worth mentioning

matter of indifference

a matter of indifference

makes no difference

of less importance

par for the course

of no earthly use

not worth a hill of beans

lacking foundation

lower in status

nothing to get excited about

middle of the road

run of the mill

unextraordinary

undistinguishable

without grounds

without foundation

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

impossible to detect

hard to make out

lacking substance

unrecognized^US

not up to snuff

beside the question

wide of the point

not to the purpose

not significant

wide of the mark

unsubstantiated

unrecognised^UK

underprivileged

nothing more than

no more important than

of poor quality

not connected with

not pertaining to

nothing to do with

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“Earnings on this level fall to a meagre three cents a share.”

Adjective

Thin or emaciated

looking like a bag of bones

as thin as a rake

like a matchstick

as thin as a reed

spindle-shanked

like a skeleton

like a bag of bones

deprived of food

loosely jointed

without an ounce of fat

all skin and bones

worn to a shadow

looking like death warmed up

without appetite

a slip of a …

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“She seemed so meagre and weak, like her body had lost that glow.”

Adjective

Of small width in relation to length

with no room to swing a cat

down-to-the-wire

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Adjective

Elementary, simple or merely functional

straightforward

unsophisticated

rough and ready

one-dimensional

smallest possible

without ornamentation

without ornament

pure and simple

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Simple and plain and costing little

energy-efficient

self-disciplined

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Adjective

Not up to the required standard or quality

dissatisfactory

not up to scratch

not up to snuff

not up to standard

less-than-stellar

beyond the pale

of poor quality

not quite the done thing

unfavourable^UK

a load of pants

bargain-basement

leaving much to be desired

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

good-for-nothing

without justification

not good enough

cheap and nasty

no great shakes

strictly for the birds

end-of-the-pier

not the done thing

less than ideal

not quite the thing

leaving a lot to be desired

not all it's cracked up to be

beyond contempt

beneath one's dignity

not up to expectations

too little too late

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Adjective

Not thorough or detailed

cobbled together

on the back of an envelope

lacking in detail

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

thrown together

under construction

awaiting completion

partially finished

partially complete

by fits and starts

little by little

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Adjective

Small in size

miniaturised^UK

miniaturized^US

with no room to swing a cat

nickel-and-dime

not worth bothering about

knee-high to a grasshopper

knee high to a grasshopper

invisible to the naked eye

extremely small

barely perceptible

economic of space

knee high to a gnat

close to the ground

a slip of a …

unconsequential

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Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

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