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Adjective
▲
Small or insufficient in quantity or amount
sparse
meagreUK
poor
scant
restricted
inadequate
insufficient
thin
deficient
exiguous
limited
minimal
scarce
small
modest
negligible
sparing
tiny
measly
narrow
paltry
pathetic
sketchy
slender
bare
hand-to-mouth
light
meagerUS
mingy
piddling
skimp
skimpy
slim
spare
stingy
thinning
not enough
too few
too little
too small
close
failing
flimsy
little
rare
scrimpy
shy
tight
wanting
in short supply
barely sufficient
few and far between
thin on the ground
more ❯
“His scanty remarks are limited to generalities.”
Adjective
▲
(of clothing) Barely sufficient or not sufficient
short
skimpy
brief
indecent
revealing
low
low-cut
thin
tight
insubstantial
flimsy
see-through
plunging
low-slung
figure-hugging
close-fitting
tight-fitting
“Villagers must show respect by not wearing scanty dress, and by not speaking or laughing boisterously.”
Adjective
▲
Of little value or importance
trivial
insignificant
trifling
inconsequential
negligible
paltry
unimportant
petty
inconsiderable
minor
small
slight
piddling
measly
nugatory
nominal
minute
piffling
frivolous
worthless
little
incidental
pointless
footling
inappreciable
niggling
irrelevant
picayune
meaningless
immaterial
inessential
piddly
fiddling
valueless
insubstantial
pimping
meagreUK
meagerUS
foolish
peanut
chicken
nonessential
marginal
idle
puny
mean
pettifogging
flimsy
trite
ignorable
everyday
diminutive
microscopic
no-account
small-fry
of no consequence
nickel-and-dime
of no account
non-essential
Mickey Mouse
of little account
de minimis
of no importance
not worth mentioning
penny-ante
of little consequence
of little importance
twopenny-halfpenny
small-bore
beside the point
not worth bothering about
skin-deep
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Rare or uncommonly unique
standout
rare
uncommon
atypical
extraordinary
curious
uncustomary
unusual
irregular
unique
isolated
unwonted
outlandish
unfamiliar
unorthodox
singular
quirky
exceptional
novel
scarce
divergent
uncharacteristic
occasional
distinct
special
limited
unprecedented
untypical
exclusive
few
fresh
semioccasional
separate
sparse
unfrequent
unrepeatable
unrepeated
out of the ordinary
out-of-the-way
few and far between
unheard of
way-out
one and only
one of a kind
one-of-a-kind
one-off
without precedent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking in material possessions or financial wealth
necessitous
needy
destitute
impecunious
impoverished
penniless
penurious
poor
poverty-stricken
hard up
indigent
needful
underprivileged
beggared
disadvantaged
pauperized
in need
badly off
beggarly
broke
dirt-poor
down-and-out
famished
skint
threadbare
short of money
bankrupt
empty-handed
flat
fortuneless
in reduced circumstances
insolvent
in straitened circumstances
low
meagreUK
meagerUS
moneyless
pinched
reduced
strapped
suffering
unprosperous
in Queer Street
on the breadline
bad off
dirt poor
flat broke
in want
stone broke
truly needy
unable to make ends meet
behind eight ball
on one's uppers
as poor as a church mouse
without two farthings to rub together
without two pennies to rub together
without two brass farthings to rub together
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Niggardly with money
penurious
mean
miserly
parsimonious
close
stingy
ungenerous
close-fisted
penny-pinching
mingy
near
scrimping
tight
tightfisted
avaricious
cheese-paring
frugal
grasping
greedy
grudging
skimping
cheap
chintzy
closefisted
illiberal
pinching
pinchpenny
Scrooge-like
spare
sparing
stinting
tight-fisted
uncharitable
cheeseparing
money-grabbing
money-grubbing
costive
curmudgeonly
economical
hoarding
pennywise
saving
thrifty
ungiving
more ❯
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