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Scanty; meager.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2012 — Rodger Cohen, Scottexalonia Rising, New York Times, Nov. 26., Op. Ed. National politics, as President François Hollande of France is only the latest to discover, is often no more than tweaking at the margins in the exiguous political space left by markets and other global forces.
Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
extremely scanty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
оскъден
(oskǎden)
— extremely scanty
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Bulgarian:
незначителен
(neznačitelen)
— extremely scanty
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Catalan:
exigu
— extremely scanty
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French:
exigu
— extremely scanty
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Italian:
esiguo
— extremely scanty
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Northern Kurdish:
qaştîk
— extremely scanty
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Northern Kurdish:
zeîfok
— extremely scanty
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Northern Kurdish:
hestî
— extremely scanty
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Polish:
skąpy
— extremely scanty
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Polish:
znikomy
— extremely scanty
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Polish:
szczupły
— extremely scanty
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Portuguese:
exíguo
— extremely scanty
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Russian:
ску́дный
(skúdnyj)
— extremely scanty
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Spanish:
exiguo
— extremely scanty
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Ukrainian:
незначний
(neznačnyj)
— extremely scanty
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Ukrainian:
малий
(malyj)
— extremely scanty
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Ukrainian:
мізерний
(mizernyj)
— extremely scanty
