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

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

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

adj. not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

adj. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

adj. embarrassingly stingy

adj. giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

adj. unwilling to part with money

adj. petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"

adj. excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

adj. more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply"

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

adj. having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"

adj. (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"