meagerness
meagerness · meagernesses
скудность
Knappheit
The state of being meagerThe state of being meager.
» They prefer meagerness and hunger to abundance and riches.
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1 senses(US, countable, uncountable)The state of being meager.
Knappheit
ску́дностьskúdnostʹ
the quality of being meager
Examples
1 sentencesThey prefer meagerness and hunger to abundance and riches.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
state of being meager:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of being meager:
Forms
plural: meagernessesSynonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality of being meager:meagrenessleannesspoornessscantinessscantnessexiguity
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmeager
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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